bacterial

/bækˈtɪəriəl/ (bre, ipa) · /bækˈtɪriəl/ (ame, ipa) · /bak-ˈtir-ē-əl/ (ame, mw)

bacterial — 形容詞

  • bacterialpositive
  • more bacterialcomparative
  • most bacterialsuperlative

1. caused by bacteria, made by bacteria, or directly involving bacteria — for examp

1.形容詞B2
釋義

細菌的

由細菌引起或與細菌有關的

caused by bacteria, made by bacteria, or directly involving bacteria — for example, a throat infection, the souring of milk, or a sample grown in a lab dish.

例句

Dr. Anaya explained that Mia's sore throat was a bacterial infection, not a virus.

田中醫師解釋，米雅的喉嚨痛是細菌感染，不是病毒造成的。

common collocation: bacterial infection

The factory threw out a whole batch of milk after tests showed bacterial contamination from a dirty pipe.

工廠在檢驗發現有髒水管造成的細菌污染後，把整批牛奶都倒掉了。

collocation: bacterial contamination

同義詞
  • microbial

    broader; covers bacteria, viruses, and fungi together

  • germ-related

    informal; everyday speech rather than medical writing

反義詞
  • viral

    caused by a virus rather than bacteria

  • fungal

    caused by fungi such as mould or yeast

文法句型

bacterial + noun

be bacterial

用法筆記

Almost always used before a noun (bacterial infection, bacterial growth, bacterial culture). Distinguish from 'viral': bacterial illnesses can usually be treated with antibiotics, viral ones cannot.

常見錯誤

❌I took antibiotics for a viral bacterial flu.
✅I took antibiotics for a bacterial chest infection.
💡an illness is either bacterial or viral, not both.
❌The yoghurt has bacteria culture inside.
✅The yoghurt has bacterial cultures inside.
💡use the adjective 'bacterial', not the noun 'bacteria', before another noun.