microorganisms

microorganisms — 名詞

1. a tiny living thing — for example, a bacterium, a virus, or a yeast cell — that

1.名詞B1
釋義

微生物

需用顯微鏡才能看到的微小生物

a tiny living thing — for example, a bacterium, a virus, or a yeast cell — that is far too small to be seen with the eye alone and can only be observed through a microscope.

例句

Mei-Lin saw thousands of tiny microorganisms swimming in a drop of pond water under her school microscope.

Mei-Lin 在學校的顯微鏡下，看到一滴池水中有成千上萬的微生物在游動。

concrete observation scene: see + under microscope

Yeast, a common microorganism, makes bread dough rise by releasing tiny bubbles of gas.

酵母是一種常見的微生物，它會釋放出微小的氣泡，讓麵糰膨脹起來。

everyday example: yeast as a type of microorganism

同義詞
  • microbe

    shorter, slightly less formal; common in popular science writing and conversation

  • germ

    very informal, almost always implies disease-causing microorganisms only

  • bacterium

    a specific type of single-celled microorganism, not a general synonym; use only when referring to bacteria

文法句型

plural: microorganisms

singular: a microorganism

用法筆記

Frequently appears in scientific and medical contexts. The singular form 'microorganism' refers to one individual; the plural is far more common in everyday use because these life forms are usually discussed in groups or types.

常見錯誤

❌Bacteria are the only type of microorganism.
✅Bacteria are one type of microorganism; yeasts, viruses, and some fungi are also microorganisms.
💡Microorganisms include many kinds of tiny life, not just bacteria.