trichome

trichome — 名詞

1. a very small hair-like growth that sticks out from the surface of a plant or ano

1.名詞C2
釋義

毛狀體

植物等表面的細毛狀突起

a very small hair-like growth that sticks out from the surface of a plant or another living thing

例句

Under the lens, Mizuki pointed to tiny trichomes along the tomato leaf edge.

Mizuki 在放大鏡下指出番茄葉邊那些細小的毛狀體。

trichomes along a leaf edge

The lab chart showed each trichome as a fine hair on the stem.

實驗圖表顯示,每個毛狀體都像莖上的細毛。

a trichome as a fine hair

常見搭配
  • leaf trichome
  • sticky trichome
  • glandular trichome
  • dense trichomes
同義詞
  • hair

    a broader everyday word for something thin and hair-like

  • filament

    a technical word for a thin thread, not necessarily one growing from a surface

  • spine

    suggests a sharper and stiffer projection than trichome

文法句型

a trichome on the leaf surface

sticky trichomes

glandular trichomes

用法筆記

Usually refers to the fine projections on plant surfaces, especially leaves and stems. In plant biology, trichomes may help protect the surface or reduce water loss.

2. a thin structure made of cells joined one after another in a line, especially in

2.名詞C2
釋義

細胞鏈

由細胞連成的絲狀構造

a thin structure made of cells joined one after another in a line, especially in some bacteria or algae

例句

Under the microscope, Liam followed one trichome through the algae sample.

Liam 在顯微鏡下沿著藻類樣本中的一條細胞鏈看過去。

a trichome in an algae sample

The teacher explained that this trichome was made of many joined cells.

老師解釋說,這條細胞鏈是由許多相連的細胞組成的。

a trichome made of joined cells

常見搭配
  • green trichome
  • trichome of cells
  • bacterial trichome
  • algae trichome
同義詞
  • filament

    a broader scientific term for a thin thread-like structure

  • strand

    a general word for something long and thin, less technical than trichome

  • cell chain

    states directly that the structure is made of linked cells

文法句型

a trichome of joined cells

a green trichome in the sample

a trichome in a bacterial colony

用法筆記

Used in technical descriptions of algae and some bacteria. Distinguish this sense from sense 1, which is about a surface growth rather than a chain of cells.