mycorrhiza
mycorrhiza — 名詞
- mycorrhizasingular
- mycorrhizasplural
1. a fungus that grows on plant roots; the plant and the fungus both benefit, and t
菌根真菌
長在植物根上、與植物互利的真菌
a fungus that grows on plant roots; the plant and the fungus both benefit, and the fungus helps the plant take in nutrients from the soil.
Under the microscope, Élise could see a mycorrhiza wrapped tightly around a tiny tomato root.
在顯微鏡下，Élise 看見一株菌根真菌緊緊纏繞著一條小小的番茄根。
countable: a mycorrhiza wrapped around a root
Tariro dug up a pine seedling and found mycorrhizae growing thickly on its roots.
Tariro 挖出一株松樹幼苗，發現它的根上長滿了菌根真菌。
plural form: mycorrhizae
In the Okafor family's garden, mycorrhizae help young apple trees take up nutrients from sandy soil.
在 Okafor 家的花園裡，菌根真菌幫助小蘋果樹從沙質土壤中吸收養分。
The orchid seedling in Feng's greenhouse grew slowly until a mycorrhiza formed on its roots.
Feng 溫室裡的蘭花幼苗長得很慢，直到根上形成了菌根真菌。
Anya wondered which kind of mycorrhiza was living on this oak tree's roots.
Anya 想知道，這棵橡樹的根上附著的是哪一種菌根真菌。
collocation: mycorrhiza living on roots
- mycorrhizae form
- mycorrhiza on the roots
- mycorrhizae help plants
- mycorrhizal fungus
the fuller, more descriptive name for the same organism
文法句型
a mycorrhiza
mycorrhizae / mycorrhizas
用法筆記
Both countable and uncountable (a mycorrhiza, many mycorrhizae or mycorrhizas). Distinguish from sense 2: here the word names the fungus itself, not the partnership.
常見錯誤
2. the close partnership in which a fungus and a plant live together at the plant's
菌根共生
真菌與植物根部互利共生的關係
the close partnership in which a fungus and a plant live together at the plant's roots, each one gaining something from the other.
Reuben's textbook explains mycorrhiza as a partnership between fungi and plant roots.
Reuben 的課本把菌根解釋為真菌與植物根部之間的夥伴關係。
uncountable: explains mycorrhiza as a partnership
In this forest, mycorrhiza links the trees to fungi that live in the soil.
在這片森林裡，菌根把樹木和土壤中的真菌連結起來。
Kian's science project compared bean plants with mycorrhiza and bean plants without it.
Kian 的科學專題比較了有菌根和沒有菌根的豆類植物。
pattern: with / without mycorrhiza
Researchers in Lara's lab are studying mycorrhizas between grasses and soil fungi.
Lara 實驗室的研究人員正在研究禾草與土壤真菌之間的菌根。
countable plural: mycorrhizas between X and Y
Mr. Haddad told the class that in mycorrhiza, the plant and the fungus both gain.
Haddad 老師告訴全班，在菌根這種關係中，植物和真菌雙方都有得益。
pattern: in mycorrhiza, both partners gain
- mycorrhiza between plants and fungi
- with mycorrhiza
- without mycorrhiza
- symbiosis
a wider term for any close partnership between living things, not only fungus and root
- mycorrhizal association
a more technical wording for the same partnership
文法句型
mycorrhiza between X and Y
with / without mycorrhiza
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: here the word names the relationship, not the fungus. It is often used without 'a' (with mycorrhiza), but the plural mycorrhizas can count individual partnerships.
同根字
- mycorrhizal形容詞
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- plant roots
- soil nutrients
常用片語
- form a mycorrhiza
- benefit from mycorrhiza
介系詞搭配
- with plant roots
- between a fungus and a plant