2024年12月31日 星期二

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germ

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Pronunciation: /dʒəːm /

NOUN

  • 1A microorganism, especially one which causes disease.
  • 2A portion of an organism capable of developing into a new one or part of one.
  • 2.1The embryo in a cereal grain or other plant seed.
  • 2.2An initial stage from which something may develop:the germ of a brilliant idea

Derivatives

germy
ADJECTIVE (germiergermiest)
• informal, sense 1).

Origin

late Middle English (in sense 2): via Old French from Latingermen 'seed, sprout'. sense 1 dates from the late 19th century.

transmitter

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Pronunciation: /tranzˈmɪtə, trɑːnz-, -ns-/

noun

  • 1A set of equipment used to generate and transmit electromagnetic waves carrying messages or signals, especially those of radio or television.

  • 1.1A person or thing that transmits something: reggae has established itself as the principal transmitter of the Jamaican language

  • 1.2 short for neurotransmitter. glutamate is one among many dozens of transmitters

doughty

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Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊti/

adjective (doughtier, doughtiest)

archaic or • humorous
  • Brave and persistent: his doughty spirit kept him going

Derivatives

doughtily
adverb

doughtiness

noun

Origin
late Old English dohtig, variant of dyhtig, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch duchtig and German tüchtig.

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