释义 |
inoculate/iˈnɒkjʊleit/v. tr. 1a treat (a person or animal) with a vaccine containing a dead or modified disease-causing agent, usu. by injection, to promote immunity against the disease 给(人、动物)注射预防针 b introduce (an infective agent) into an organism 将(有传染性的制剂)移入(有机组织) c introduce (cells or organisms) into a culture medium 将(细胞、有机组织)移入(培养基) 2 instil (a person) with ideas or opinions (向某人)灌输(思想、观点) □ inoculable adj.□ inoculation /-ˈleiʃ(ə)n/ n.□ inoculative /-lətiv/ adj.□ inoculator n.[originally in sense ‘insert (a bud) into a plant’: Latin inoculare inoculat- ‘engraft’ (as IN-2, oculus ‘eye, bud’)] |