| 单词 | germ |
| 释义 | germ —germless, adj. —germlike, adj. /jerrm/, n. 1. a microorganism, esp. when disease-producing; microbe. 2. a bud, offshoot, or seed. 3. the rudiment of a living organism; an embryo in its early stages. 4. the initial stage in development or evolution, as a germ cell or ancestral form. 5. something that serves as a source or initial stage for subsequent development: the germ of an idea. adj. 6. Pathol. of, pertaining to, or caused by disease-producing germs. [1400-50; late ME < MF germe < L germen shoot, sprout, by dissimilation from *genmen, equiv. to gen- (see GENITOR, GENUS) + -men resultative n. suffix)] Syn. 4. spark, root, bud, rudiment, seed. |
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