inoculate

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɪˈnɒkjuleɪt/    美 /ɪˈnɑːkjuleɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of inoculum.
动词 v.
  1. To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease. transitive
    — But you would not willingly thus give up the Cause; therefore endeavour to draw others into your Assistance, and venture to assert, that by the Account Dr. Nettleton gives, as also by the best Observation upon those who have been Inoculated in this City, scarcely a fourth part of them have had a true and genuine Small Pox.
  2. To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation. broadly,transitive
  3. To add one substance to another. transitive
    — The culture medium was inoculated with selenium to investigate the rate of uptake.
  4. To graft by inserting buds. transitive
    — to inoculate the bud of one tree or plant into another
  5. To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles). figuratively,transitive
    — to inoculate someone with treason or infidelity

词形变化

inoculates present,singular,third-person inoculating participle,present inoculated participle,past inoculated past innoculate alternative inoculates plural innoculate alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
agroinoculate agroinoculated autoinoculate coinoculate inoculable inoculee inoculent noninoculated preinoculate reinoculate subinoculate uninoculated
相关词
inoculant inoculation inoculative inoculator inoculum immunize vaccinate

词源

词源 1
First attested in c. 1440; inherited from Middle English inoculaten (“to graft”), from Latin inoculātus, perfect passive participle of inoculō (“to ingraft an eye or bud of one plant into (another), implant”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + oculus (“an eye”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
词源 2
Back-formation from inoculation, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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