English Dictionary

flagellate

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To whip or scourge. / (transitive) Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth.

日本語の意味

むちで打つ、鞭を振るって打つ / 精子が尾部を前後に動かす

The tyrant ordered his guards to flagellate the prisoners until sunrise.

暴君は夜明けまで囚人たちを鞭打つように衛兵に命じた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To whip or scourge.

意味（2）

(transitive) Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth.

The gigantic egg sits, and the frantic and tiny sperm flagellates its tail to cross vast distances on its quest for dissolution in the huge egg.

flagellates （ present singular third-person ）

flagellating （ participle present ）

flagellated （ participle past ）

flagellated （ past ）