记忆方法
1、sperm 的希腊本字 sperma 字面是"播下来的种"，动词 speirein 管"播种、撒"。一支"撒"字同族：spread（铺开传播）、spark（火花）、spore（孢子）、diaspora（散居异乡的族群）、sporadic（零星的、断断续续的）——都是"撒出去"的样子。
2、记两条拼读：sp 连读别丢 s；英 /spɜːm/ 美 /spɝːm/，尾巴一个 m 收干净。"种子"这个本义现代英语已经交给 seed（种子），sperm 只留生物学一线。
3、搭两个场景：sperm bank 精子库；sperm whale 抹香鲸——鲸蜡油那层老义挂在这里，词典释义里"鲸蜡油"就是它。
2、记两条拼读：sp 连读别丢 s；英 /spɜːm/ 美 /spɝːm/，尾巴一个 m 收干净。"种子"这个本义现代英语已经交给 seed（种子），sperm 只留生物学一线。
3、搭两个场景：sperm bank 精子库；sperm whale 抹香鲸——鲸蜡油那层老义挂在这里，词典释义里"鲸蜡油"就是它。
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词族 · sperm
词形变化
派生词
中文词源
sperm 精子，精液
来自拉丁语 sperma,种子，精液，来自希腊语 sperma,种子，精液，来自 speirein,播种，播撒， 来自 PIE*sper,播种，播撒，词源同 spread,spark.后词义种子由 seed 取代。
英语词源
- sperm
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sperm: [14] Sperm is etymologically something that is ‘sown’, like ‘seed’. The word comes, via late Latin sperma, from Greek spérma ‘seed’. This was a derivative of the same base as produced English diaspora, sporadic, and spore, and it may ultimately be related to English spray.
=> diaspora, sporadic, spore - sperm (n.)
- "male seminal fluid," late 14c., probably from Old French esperme "seed, sperm" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin sperma "seed, semen," from Greek sperma "the seed of plants, also of animals," literally "that which is sown," from speirein "to sow, scatter," from PIE *sper-mn-, from root *sper- (4) "to strew" (see sprout (v.)). Sperm bank is attested from 1963. For sperm whale see spermaceti.
权威例句
- 1. Doctor believed that his low sperm count was the problem.
- 医生认为他的精子数太低是问题所在。
- 2. Conception occurs when a single sperm fuses with an egg.
- 当一个精子和一个卵子结合时受孕就发生了。
- 3. It only takes one sperm to fertilize an egg.
- 只需要一个精子就能让卵子受精。
- 4. Each male ejaculation will contain up to 300 million sperm.
- 男性每次排出的精液包含多达3亿个精子。
- 5. My husband had a very low sperm count.
- 我丈夫的精子数很低。