flagellate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/ˈflæ.d͡ʒəˌleɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any organism that has flagella.
动词 v.
  1. To whip or scourge. transitive
    — Red welts rising from a flagellated back
  2. To harshly chide or chastise, to reprimand. idiomatic,transitive
  3. Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth. transitive
    — The gigantic egg sits, and the frantic and tiny sperm flagellates its tail to cross vast distances on its quest for dissolution in the huge egg.
形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling a whip.
  2. Having flagella.

词形变化

flagellates present,singular,third-person flagellating participle,present flagellated participle,past flagellated past more flagellate comparative most flagellate superlative flagellates plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂-?
Proto-Indo-European *-rós
Latin flagrum
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lum
Latin flagellum
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin flagellō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Latin flagellātuslbor.
English flagellate
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin flagellātus perfect passive participle of flagellō (“to whip, flog”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
词源 2
First attested in 1867; from flagellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) as well as Latin flagellum + -ate. The noun was substantivized from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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