germ

noun

/dʒɜːm/

/dʒɜːrm/

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[countable, usually plural] a very small living thing that can cause infection and disease
- Disinfectant kills germs.
- Dirty hands can be a breeding ground for germs.
Extra Examples
- Cracks and scratches in work surfaces can harbour germs.
- The epidemic was caused by a particularly virulent flu germ.
Topics Biologyb2, Illnessb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- deadly
- drug-resistant
- resistant
- …
verb + germ
- carry
- spread
- destroy
- …
germ + noun
- warfare
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[singular] germ of something an early stage of the development of something
- Here was the germ of a brilliant idea.
- The germ of the town was a single house near the river.
[countable] (biology) the part of a plant or an animal that can develop into a new one
- The germ is the embryo of the new plant.
see also wheatgerm

Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): via Old French from Latin germen ‘seed, sprout’. Sense (1) dates from the late 19th cent.

单词	germ
释义	germ noun /dʒɜːm/ /dʒɜːrm/ jump to other results [countable, usually plural] a very small living thing that can cause infection and disease Disinfectant kills germs. Dirty hands can be a breeding ground for germs. Extra Examples Cracks and scratches in work surfaces can harbour germs. The epidemic was caused by a particularly virulent flu germ. Topics Biologyb2, Illnessb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective deadly drug-resistant resistant … verb + germ carry spread destroy … germ + noun warfare See full entry [singular] germ of something an early stage of the development of something Here was the germ of a brilliant idea. The germ of the town was a single house near the river. [countable] (biology) the part of a plant or an animal that can develop into a new one The germ is the embryo of the new plant. see also wheatgerm Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): via Old French from Latin germen ‘seed, sprout’. Sense (1) dates from the late 19th cent.
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