| 单词 | inoculate |
| 释义 | inoculate (once / 2514 pages) v If you inoculate someone, you try to make him immune to a disease by injecting a little dose of it, so his body can make antibodies to fight it off. When you were little you probably got a vaccine to inoculate you against smallpox. When inoculate first came into English in the 15th century, it referred to inserting a bud onto another plant. Now you’re more likely to hear it used to describe the process of building up immunity to a disease by giving someone a vaccine, which also involves the insertion of foreign matter. You can also inoculate someone metaphorically, with ideas. WORD FAMILYinoculate: inoculated, inoculates, inoculating, inoculation, inoculator+/inoculation: inoculations/inoculator: inoculators USAGE EXAMPLESAs with the mice, the inoculated monkeys developed immunity: all three vaccines protected completely against infection. The New Yorker(Aug 15, 2016) The goal, he said, was “deterring the Russians from further malign cyber action and inoculating the public against such manipulation in the future.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 12, 2016) While we cleaned and shopped, the family was being interviewed and inoculated in preparation for travel as refugees to the United States. New York Times(Dec 09, 2016) 1v impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune Hyper impregnate fertilize and cause to grow 2v perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation Syn|Hyper immunise, immunize, vaccinate inject, shoot give an injection to 3v introduce a microorganism into Hypo|Hyper seed inoculate with microorganisms enclose, inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in introduce 4v introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs Hyper inform impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to 5v insert a bud for propagation Hyper propagate cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering |
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