flagellate

• adj. 鞭狀的；[生物] 有鞭毛的
• vt. 鞭打
• n. [無脊椎] 鞭毛蟲

來自PIE*bhlag, 擊打，鞭笞，詞源同flail, flog.

flagellate (v.)

"to whip, scourge," 1620s, from Latin flagellatus, past participle of flagellare "to scourge, lash" (see flagellum). Related: Flagellated; flagellating. An earlier verb for this in English was flagellen (mid-15c.; see flail (v.)).

flagellate (adj.)

1851, from flagellum + -ate (1).

1. From that day on, the farmer would not flagellate his ox anymore.

從那天起，農夫再也不鞭打牛了。

來自辭典例句

2. A single - celled microorganism, especially a flagellate protozoan of the genus Monas.

單胞體 單細胞 的微生物, 尤指單''.'胞'. ''蟲類的有鞭毛的原生動物.

來自互聯網

3. Relating to or caused by a flagellate organism.

鞭毛蟲原生生物的一個屬.

來自互聯網