English Dictionary

germ

IPA（発音記号）

/d͡ʒɜːm/

名詞

比喩的用法

The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.

日本語の意味

胚芽（特に穀物の種子から発生する幼い芽）

To preserve the bread's shelf life, the miller removed the germ from the wheat during processing.

パンの保存期間を延ばすために、製粉業者は加工中に小麦から胚芽を取り除いた。

意味（1）

The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.

意味（2）

(biology) The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.

Coordinate term: vesicle

意味（3）

A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.

'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'

意味（4）

(figuratively) The origin or earliest version of an idea or project.

the germ of civil liberty

意味（5）

(mathematics) An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.

germs （ plural ）