inoculate

inoculate
[ɪˈnɒkjʊleɪt]
verb
  1. [with obj.]treat (a person or animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
    给(人,动物)接种疫苗。 比较vaccinate
    he inoculated his tenants against smallpox.
    他给他的房客们接种天花疫苗。
    ■introduce (an infective agent) into an organism
    (向生物体)接种(感染剂)
    it can be inoculated into laboratory animals.
    它可被接种入实验动物。
    ■introduce (cells or organisms) into a culture medium
    把(细胞,有机体)接种入培养基
派生
inoculable
adjective
inoculation
noun
inoculator
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'graft a bud or shoot into a plant of a different type'): from Latin inoculat- 'engrafted', from the verb inoculare, from in- 'into' + oculus 'eye, bud'. The sense 'vaccinate' dates from the early 18th cent
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