Inoculate



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 预防注射
• ［英］ v. 预防注射 ( to inject a serum, vaccine to create immunity)
• ［记］ in ( 进入) +ocul ( 萌芽, 眼睛) +ate -> ( 接种) 进入萌芽 -> 预防注射_
• ［例］ Have you been inoculated against measles yet?

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-lated; -lating)

• Etymology: Middle English, to insert a bud in a plant, from Latin inoculatus, past participle of inoculare, from in- + oculus eye, bud — more at eye
• Date: 1721
• 1.
  • a. to introduce a microorganism into <inoculate mice with anthrax><beans inoculated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria>
  • b. to introduce (as a microorganism) into a suitable situation for growth
  • c. to introduce immunologically active material (as an antibody or antigen) into especially in order to treat or prevent a disease <inoculate children against diphtheria>
• 2. to introduce something into the mind of
• 3. to protect as if by inoculation
• Synonyms: see infuse
• ? inoculative adjective
• ? inoculator noun

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