germ
/dʒɜːm/noun
1
- a micro-organism, especially one which causes disease（尤指引起疾病的）微生物; 病菌; 细菌。
派生词
germy
adjective （ 〈非正式〉, 限义项 1）词源
late Middle English (in sense 2)： via Old French from Latin germen 'seed, sprout'. Sense 1 dates from the late 19th cent.