| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fun•gus /ˈfʌŋgəs/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. fun•gi /ˈfʌndʒaɪ, ˈfʌŋgaɪ/USA pronunciation fun•gus•es. - Biology, Fungia plant lacking chlorophyll, flowers, and leaves and that lives by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which it grows:Fungi include the mushrooms and molds.
fun•gal, fun•gous, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fun•gus (fung′gəs),USA pronunciation n., pl. fun•gi (fun′jī, fung′gī),USA pronunciation fun•gus•es, adj. n. - Biology, Fungiany of a diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow, comprising the mushrooms, molds, mildews, smuts, rusts, and yeasts, and classified in the kingdom Fungi or, in some classification systems, in the division Fungi (Thallophyta) of the kingdom Plantae.
- Pathologya spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.
adj. - Fungifungous.
- Latin: fungus, mushroom; perh. akin to Greek spóngos, sphóngos sponge
- 1520–30;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fungus /ˈfʌŋɡəs/ n ( pl fungi /ˈfʌŋɡaɪ; ˈfʌndʒaɪ; ˈfʌndʒɪ/, funguses)- any member of a kingdom of organisms (Fungi) that lack chlorophyll, leaves, true stems, and roots, reproduce by spores, and live as saprotrophs or parasites. The group includes moulds, mildews, rusts, yeasts, and mushrooms
- something resembling a fungus, esp in suddenly growing and spreading rapidly
- any soft tumorous growth
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin: mushroom, fungus; probably related to Greek spongos sponge |