| 单词 | flagellate |
| 释义 | flagellate (once / 11119 pages) 1vadj 2n To flagellate is to hit or beat, especially with a whip. These days, in most parts of the world, people rarely flagellate others as a punishment. While the verb flagellate can be used for any variety of whipping or beating, it often means a kind of religious self-punishment. This practice, while not common today, exists among some groups of Catholics who hit their own shoulders and backs as part of religious discipline. Flagellate comes from the noun flagellum, "a slender, thread-like structure," or in Latin, "whip." WORD FAMILYflagellate: biflagellate, flagellated, flagellates, flagellating, flagellatingly, flagellation+/flagellation: flagellations, self-flagellation/flagellum: flagella, flagellate USAGE EXAMPLESAt times, the lone fighters seem to flagellate themselves. New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) Some may even flagellate their backs with chains. BBC(Oct 11, 2016) Miller: To flagellate the other side, tear the skin right off their back. Slate(Mar 16, 2016) 1 1v whip The religious fanatics flagellated themselves Syn|Hyper scourge flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip beat severely with a whip or rod 2adj having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum) 2Syn flagellated, lash-like, whiplike n a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals Syn|Hypo|Hyper flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore dinoflagellate chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton Leishmania, genus Leishmaniaflagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis zooflagellate, zoomastigoteflagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics hypermastigoteflagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites polymastigoteflagellates with several flagella Costia necatrix, costiaa flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis giardiaa suspected cause of diarrhea in humans trichomonadcause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds Noctiluca miliaris, noctilucalarge bioluminescent marine protozoan peridinianflagellate with a thick test composed of plates protozoan, protozoon any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic |
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