protozoa

protozoa — 名詞

1. tiny living things with only one cell, usually found in water or inside other li

1.名詞C2
釋義

原生動物

單細胞、常見於水中的微生物

tiny living things with only one cell, usually found in water or inside other living things and often able to move by themselves

例句

Mei observed protozoa moving through a drop of pond water.

Mei 觀察到原生動物在一滴池水裡移動。

observe protozoa in pond water

In science class, Lucía drew the protozoa she saw under the microscope.

Lucía 在自然課上把她在顯微鏡下看到的原生動物畫了下來。

pattern: protozoa under the microscope

同義詞
  • microbe

    an everyday broader word for tiny living things, not only protozoa

  • microorganism

    a scientific umbrella term that also includes bacteria and fungi

  • parasite

    narrower because it refers only to the harmful kinds that live in a host

文法句型

protozoa in pond water

observe protozoa under a microscope

harmful protozoa in the gut

用法筆記

Protozoa is usually treated as a plural form in biology writing, while one organism is often called a protozoan. The word is used for tiny animal-like organisms found in places such as pond water, wet soil, or the body.

常見錯誤

❌A protozoa was found in the sample.
✅A protozoan was found in the sample.
💡Protozoa is plural; use protozoan for one organism.