protozoa: [19] Greek prótos meant ‘first’ (like English first and Latin prīmus ‘first’ it goes back ultimately to Indo-European *pro ‘before, in front’). It forms the basis of a wide range of English words, both original Greek compounds and post-classical formations, among them protagonist [17] (etymologically the ‘first or leading actor’), protein, protocol, proton [20], protoplasm [19], and prototype [17]. Protozoa itself was coined in modern Latin by the zoologist Goldfuss in 1818 from proto- and Greek zóia ‘a(chǎn)nimals’ (source of English zoo), the notion being that the protozoa are the simplest or most primitive forms of life. => zoo
Protozoa (n.)
1828, from Modern Latin Protozoa, coined 1818 by German zoologist Georg August Goldfuss (1782-1848) from Greek protos "first" (see proto-) + zoia, plural of zoion "animal" (see zoo). Originally including sponges and corals; current sense is from 1845. Related: Protozoon (aingular); Protozoan.
雙語例句
1. IFN may also be induced by some bacteria, protozoa.
某些細菌, 原蟲都可能誘導(dǎo)干擾素形成.
來自辭典例句
2. Man is host to a variety of pathogenic bacteria , protozoa, and viruses.
人是各種致疾的細菌 、 原生動物以及病毒的宿主.
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3. There are 14 protozoa. 9 tapeworms, 12 trematodes, 51 nematodes, 7 insects.
其中原蟲14種, 吸蟲9種,絳蟲12種, 線蟲51種, 蜘蛛昆蟲7種.
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4. The pathogen in the waters are viruses, bacteria, protozoa and helminths.
水中有病毒 、 細菌 、 原生動物、蠕蟲等多種病原體.
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5. Yucca extract could decrease the number of the protozoa significantly ( P & lt; 0.05 ).