germ的中文释义

名词

1.[C,sing.]微生物，细菌

2.[sing.]起源，发端，萌芽

3.可数名词：胚芽，芽胞

英语解释

a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism

a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

anything that provides inspiration for later work