flagellate是什么意思

flagellate
英 ['flædʒ(ə)leɪt]美 ['flædʒəlet]adj. 鞭状的;[生物] 有鞭毛的vt. 鞭打n. [无脊椎] 鞭毛虫 «中文词源
flagellate 鞭笞来自PIE*bhlag, 击打,鞭笞,词源同flail, flog.
英文词源
flagellate (v.)"to whip, scourge," 1620s, from Latin flagellatus, past participle of flagellare "to scourge, lash" (see flagellum). Related: Flagellated; flagellating. An earlier verb for this in English was flagellen (mid-15c.; see flail (v.)).flagellate (adj.)1851, from flagellum + -ate (1).双语例句
1. From that day on, the farmer would not flagellate his ox anymore. 从那天起,农夫再也不鞭打牛了。来自辞典例句
2. A single - celled microorganism, especially a flagellate protozoan of the genus Monas. 单胞体 单细胞 的微生物, 尤指单''.'胞'. ''虫类的有鞭毛的原生动物.来自互联网
3. Relating to or caused by a flagellate organism. 鞭毛虫原生生物的一个属.来自互联网
