Word · Frequency #8310
bacterial
细菌的
relating to or caused by bacteria
- 1.
Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.
细菌的或由细菌引起的
细菌的或由细菌引起的；细菌的；[医] 细菌的；[无芽胞]杆菌的
In use
The doctor prescribed antibiotics to treat the bacterial infection.
Bacterial growth can be slowed down by refrigeration.
The lab test confirmed that the illness was bacterial, not viral.
bacterial + noun
bacterial 常作前置定语，修饰表示疾病、过程等名词。
A bacterial infection can be treated with antibiotics.
细菌性感染可以用抗生素治疗。
be bacterial
作表语时说明事物的性质。
The cause of the disease is bacterial, not viral.
这种疾病的病因是细菌性的，不是病毒性的。
bacterial + noun (of something)
可使用 of 结构表示所属关系。
The laboratory analyzed the bacterial content of the water sample.
实验室分析了水样中的细菌含量。
Common mistakes
The bacterial is resistant to antibiotics.The bacteria are resistant to antibiotics.
形容词“bacterial”不能独立作主语，需改为名词“bacteria”。
It's a bacterical infection.It's a bacterial infection.
拼写错误，正确形式为“bacterial”，不要受“bacterium”影响而加“c”。
Connections
Collocations
- bacterial infection
- 细菌感染
- The patient was diagnosed with a bacterial infection.该患者被诊断出细菌感染。
- bacterial growth
- 细菌生长
- Warm temperatures promote bacterial growth in food.温暖温度促进食物中细菌生长。
- bacterial contamination
- 细菌污染
- The water supply was tested for bacterial contamination.对供水系统进行了细菌污染检测。
- bacterial disease
- 细菌性疾病
- Cholera is a serious bacterial disease.霍乱是一种严重的细菌性疾病。
- bacterial cell
- 细菌细胞
- Bacterial cells can reproduce rapidly.细菌细胞可以快速繁殖。
- bacterial resistance
Learner notes
Memory Tip
bacteria（细菌）+ -al（…的）= bacterial（细菌的）
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：biology、medicine 该词为专业术语，通常用于生物学和医学领域，语气中性，没有明显正式或非正式倾向。
Grammar Note
通常作定语或表语
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the -rial spelling with bacterial but do not rhyme: the stressed vowel in bacterial is /iə/ (as in 'near'), while in these words it is /ɪ/ (as in 'sit') in material, serial, cereal, imperial, and managerial, and /ʌ/ (as in 'cup') in industrial.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.