popular name for a bacterium, 1878, from French microbe, "badly coined ... by Sédillot" [Weekley] in 1878 from Greek mikros "small" (see mica) + bios "life" (see bio-). It is an incorrect use of bios; in Greek the word would mean literally "short-lived."
雙語例句
1. The probe is sensitive enough to detect the presence of a single microbe.
這個探針的靈敏度很高,足以測出任何微生物的存在.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The tears also contain a potent microbe - killer called lysozyme, which guards me from infective bacteria.
眼淚里還包含一種叫做溶菌酶的高效力殺菌者, 保護我不受細菌感染.
來自辭典例句
3. The food microbe poisoning often come from the course of food production.
微生物污染最為嚴重的食品是肉及肉制品和豆制品.
來自互聯網
4. A microbe that uses left - handed DNA could exist unrecognised.
DNA結構向左旋的微生物是否存在尚不得知.
來自互聯網
5. The results were compared with microbe culture and clinical diagnosis.