• n. 盤尼西林（青霉素）

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)penicillus,刷子，畫家用小毛刷，毛筆，來(lái)自penis,尾巴，詞源同penis,pencil.

-ille,小詞后綴。字面意思即小尾巴，后用于藥品名盤尼西林，因提煉該藥品的母體青霉素菌形如小尾巴而得名。

penicillin

penicillin: see pencil

penicillin (n.)

1929, coined in English by Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), who first recognized its antibiotic properties, from Modern Latin Penicillium notatum (1867), the name of the mould from which it was first obtained, from Latin penicillus "paintbrush" (see pencil (n.)), in reference to the shape of the mould cells.

1. I should have asked him for a shot of penicillin.

我應(yīng)當(dāng)讓他給我打一針青霉素的.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

2. She injected the patient with penicillin.

她給病人注射了青霉素.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. Penicillin was an extremely significant medical discovery.

青霉素是極其重要的醫(yī)學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn).

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. Penicillin cured him of his pneumonia.

青霉素治好了他的肺炎.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. Fleming discovered penicillin by accident in 1928.

弗萊明在1928年偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了青霉素.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》