• n. 盤尼西林（青霉素）

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

-ille,小詞后綴。字面意思即小尾巴，后用于藥品名盤尼西林，因提煉該藥品的母體青霉素菌形如小尾巴而得名。

penicillin

penicillin: see pencil

penicillin (n.)

1929, coined in English by Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), who first recognized its antibiotic properties, from Modern Latin Penicillium notatum (1867), the name of the mould from which it was first obtained, from Latin penicillus "paintbrush" (see pencil (n.)), in reference to the shape of the mould cells.

1. I should have asked him for a shot of penicillin.

我應當讓他給我打一針青霉素的.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. She injected the patient with penicillin.

她給病人注射了青霉素.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Penicillin was an extremely significant medical discovery.

青霉素是極其重要的醫學發現.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Penicillin cured him of his pneumonia.

青霉素治好了他的肺炎.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Fleming discovered penicillin by accident in 1928.

弗萊明在1928年偶然發現了青霉素.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》