1847, plural of Modern Latin bacterium, from Greek bakterion "small staff," diminutive of baktron "stick, rod," from PIE *bak- "staff used for support" (also source of Latin baculum "rod, walking stick"). So called because the first ones observed were rod-shaped. Introduced as a scientific word 1838 by German naturalist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876).
雙語例句
1. Warm milk is the ideal breeding ground for bacteria.
溫牛奶是細菌理想的滋生地。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Potentially dangerous bacteria are regularly sent from one laboratory to another.
有潛在危險的細菌經常被從一個實驗室傳到另一個實驗室。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The fertiliser releases nutrients gradually as bacteria decompose it.
隨著細菌的分解，肥料逐漸釋放出各種營養成分。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Bacteria reproduce by dividing and making copies of themselves.