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(yǔ)例句
1. Warm milk is the ideal breeding ground for bacteria.
溫牛奶是細(xì)菌理想的滋生地。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Potentially dangerous bacteria are regularly sent from one laboratory to another.