microbial

/maɪˈkrəʊbiəl/ (bre, ipa) · /maɪˈkrəʊbiəl/ (ame, ipa)

microbial — 形容詞

  • microbialpositive
  • more microbialcomparative
  • most microbialsuperlative

1. connected with or caused by living things that are too small to see with your ey

1.形容詞B2
釋義

微生物的

與微生物有關的或由微生物引起的

connected with or caused by living things that are too small to see with your eyes alone — such as bacteria, viruses, or fungi.

例句

The lab tested the drinking water for microbial contamination after the heavy rain.

實驗室在豪雨後檢測了飲用水的微生物汙染程度。

collocation: microbial contamination

Dr. Okafor's team studied microbial life in the hot springs of Yellowstone.

Okafor 博士的團隊研究了黃石國家公園溫泉中的微生物。

collocation: microbial life

同義詞
  • bacterial

    specific to bacteria, which are one type of microbe; narrower in scope

  • microscopic

    describes anything too small to see without a microscope, not limited to living things

  • germ-related

    less formal, often used in everyday contexts about disease-causing microbes

反義詞
  • sterile

    completely free of all living microorganisms

  • non-microbial

    not related to or caused by microbes

文法句型

microbial + noun

用法筆記

Most commonly appears before a noun (attributive position), as in 'microbial infection' or 'microbial ecology.' A less common alternative is the predicate use after a linking verb, e.g., 'The contamination was microbial.'

常見錯誤

❌The wound had a microbial infection.
✅The wound had a bacterial infection.
💡'microbial' is broader and more technical; use 'bacterial' when you specifically mean bacteria, not all microbes.
❌This cleaner kills microbial.
✅This cleaner kills microbes.
💡'microbial' is an adjective, not a noun. Use the noun 'microbe(s)' for the living things themselves.