单词 | flagellate |
释义 | flagellateadj.1n. A. adj.1 1. Biology. a. Furnished with vibratile flagella. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > villosity or ciliation > [adjective] > flagella flagellate1867 flagelliferous1868 flagellated1874 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > tail-shaped > having tail- or lash-like appendage > having vibratile flagella flagellate1867 1867 Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. I. 306 The whole question..hinges upon the determination as to the animal or vegetable nature of the Monad-like, or so-called flagellate infusoria. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals ii. 79 Those flagellate Infusoria which are termed ‘monads’. b. = flagelliform adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > villosity or ciliation > [adjective] > flagella > having the form of flagelliform1826 flagellate1878 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 21 The cell runs out into a fine process, and forms a flagellate cell. 2. Botany. Having runners or runner-like branches. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [adjective] > of or having branch(es) > of particular type, shape, or size large-limbed?1440 well-branched1572 vimineous1664 cany1831 frondose-branched1831 flagellate1882 proleptic1937 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 379 The male branch may..become an ordinary flagellate branch. B. n. A microscopic protozoan organism of the class Mastigophora (or Flagellata), characterized by the possession at some stage of its life of one or more flagella that are used for locomotion. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > [noun] > member of mastigopod1875 flagellate1879 mastigophore1890 zooflagellate1911 mastigophoran1928 1879 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 19 100 Sometimes the movements of the flagellum are energetic, and the organism then begins to move like a Flagellate, by help of its flagellum. 1897 H. M. Bernard in A. H. Miles Concise Knowl. Nat. Hist. 718 It is impossible to draw any hard and fast line between the lowest plant and animal cells, and..such simple Flagellates may be regarded as belonging to a border land. 1924 H. J. Van Cleave Invertebr. Zool. ii. 28 Relatively constant body form with usually one or two chromatophores characterize these small flagellates. 1949 C. A. Hoare Handbk. Med. Protozool. v. 111 In addition to the flagellates of the alimentary and genital tracts,..human beings may be infected with flagellates living in the blood and cells of the reticulo-endothelial system. 1963 H. Sandon Ess. Protozool. ii. 25 If we could trace the ancestry of all multi~cellular plants and animals back beyond the time of the earliest creatures capable of leaving fossil remains, most people agree that we should come to organisms which, if they lived today, would be included among the flagellates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flagellateadj.2 rare. Flagellated, scourged. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [adjective] > whipped well-whipped1579 jerked1671 whipped1713 horsewhippedc1774 flagellated1836 knouted1851 flagellate1876 1876 J. Ellis Caesar in Egypt 145 Christ..was one time bound, With scorn assail'd, and flagellate with thongs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flagellatev. transitive. To scourge, whip. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > whip or scourge swingc725 scourc1386 whipc1386 lash1398 bescourgea1400 swaipa1400 flail14.. belash1458 stripec1460 leash1503 flagelle1551 swingea1556 breech1573 lace1599 flagellate1623 slash1631 chawbuck1682 innocentize1708 swepe1710 belace1736 screenge1787 yedder1818 stock-whip1852 rawhide1858 1623 in H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. 1721–82 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 173 To be insulted, flagellated, and even executed as a malefactor. 1837 W. S. Landor Pentameron in Wks. (1846) II. 313/2 [That] the angels were created only to flagellate and burn us. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma iii. 9 The outside passengers..proceeded to flagellate themselves into circulation. Derivatives ˈflagellated adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [adjective] > whipped well-whipped1579 jerked1671 whipped1713 horsewhippedc1774 flagellated1836 knouted1851 flagellate1876 1836 E. Howard Rattlin xiii The flagellated boys contrived to hush up their sobs. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 July 3/2 The flagellated flesh visibly shuddered. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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