penicillin

penicillin

英 [penɪ'sɪlɪn]
　　美 [,pɛnɪ'sɪlɪn]

n. 盤尼西林（青黴素）

中文詞源：

penicillin 盤尼西林，青黴素

來自拉丁語penicillus,刷子，畫傢用小毛刷，毛筆，來自penis,尾巴，詞源同penis,pencil.

-ille,小詞後綴。字面意思即小尾巴，後用於藥品名盤尼西林，因提煉該藥品的母體青黴素菌形如小尾巴而得名。

例句：

1. I should have asked him for a shot of penicillin.
我應當讓他給我打一針青黴素的.

2. She injected the patient with penicillin.
她給病人註射瞭青黴素.

3. Penicillin was an extremely significant medical discovery.
青黴素是極其重要的醫學發現.

4. Penicillin cured him of his pneumonia.
青黴素治好瞭他的肺炎.

5. Fleming discovered penicillin by accident in 1928.
弗萊明在1928年偶然發現瞭青黴素.