Flagellate



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.鞭打, 鞭笞
• ［英］ v.鞭打, 鞭笞 ( to whip, flog)
• ［记］ flagel ( 鞭) +late -> 鞭打
• ［同］ 同根词: flagellant ( 鞭笞者, 严厉批评的) ; flagellum ( 鞭子, 鞭毛)

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (-lated; -lating)

• Etymology: Latin flagellatus, past participle of flagellare, from flagellum, diminutive of flagrum whip; perhaps akin to Old Norse blaka to wave
• Date: circa 1623
• 1. whip, scourge
• 2. to drive or punish as if by whipping

II. adjective

• Etymology: New Latin flagellatus, from flagellum
• Date: circa 1859
• 1.
  • a. (or flagellated) having flagella
  • b. shaped like a flagellum
• 2. \［flagellate (III)\］ of, relating to, or caused by flagellates <flagellate diarrhea>

III. noun

• Etymology: New Latin Flagellata, class of unicellular organisms, from neuter plural of flagellatus
• Date: 1879
• a flagellate protozoan or alga

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