diploid
diploid — 形容詞
- diploidpositive
- more diploidcomparative
- most diploidsuperlative
1. Describing a cell or living thing whose chromosomes (the thread-like parts that
二倍體的
染色體成對、父母各給一套的
Describing a cell or living thing whose chromosomes (the thread-like parts that carry genes) come in matching pairs, with one of each pair inherited from the mother and the other from the father.
Most human body cells are diploid, carrying chromosomes from both the mother and the father.
人體大多數細胞都是二倍體，帶有來自母親和父親的染色體。
predicative use: cells are diploid
Hari looked at a diploid onion cell under the microscope and counted its chromosomes.
Hari 在顯微鏡下觀察二倍體的洋蔥細胞，並數出它的染色體。
attributive use: a diploid cell
Ezra's biology teacher explained that human skin cells are diploid but egg cells are not.
Ezra 的生物老師解釋說，人類皮膚細胞是二倍體，卵細胞則不是。
Linh's lab grew a diploid strain of yeast to compare it with a haploid one.
Linh 的實驗室培養了二倍體酵母菌株，用來和單倍體菌株比較。
contrast: diploid vs haploid
- diploid cell
- diploid organism
- diploid genome
- diploid chromosome number
- haploid
has only one set of chromosomes instead of a matching pair, as egg and sperm cells do
文法句型
diploid + noun
be + diploid
用法筆記
Works both before a noun (a diploid cell) and after be (the cells are diploid). Distinguish from noun sense 1, where diploid names the cell or organism itself.
diploid — 名詞
1. A cell or living thing that carries its chromosomes in matching pairs, with half
二倍體生物
染色體成對的細胞或生物
A cell or living thing that carries its chromosomes in matching pairs, with half inherited from the mother and half from the father.
Humans are diploids, because almost every body cell has paired chromosomes.
人類是二倍體生物，因為幾乎每個體細胞都有成對的染色體。
countable noun: diploids
Under the microscope, Heloísa identified the cell as a diploid by counting forty-six chromosomes.
Heloísa 在顯微鏡下數出四十六條染色體，判定這個細胞是二倍體。
Henry's textbook explains that a diploid forms when an egg and a sperm join.
Henry 的課本說明，卵子和精子結合後會形成二倍體。
Because a diploid has two copies of most genes, one faulty copy can stay hidden.
二倍體的大多數基因都有兩份，所以其中一份有缺陷時可能不會表現出來。
- haploid
a cell or organism with only one set of chromosomes
文法句型
a diploid
diploids
用法筆記
Distinguish from adjective sense 1: here diploid is the thing itself, so it takes an article or a plural (a diploid, diploids).
同根字
- diploidy名詞