Tra từ microbe - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

mi‧crobe/ˈmaɪkrəʊb $ -kroʊb/ noun [COUNTABLE]
[date : 1800-1900; Origin : micro- + Greek bios 'life']
an extremely small living thing which you can only see if you use a microscope. Some microbes can cause diseases.

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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After that, hardly any scientists said life, even microbes, existed on Mars.
▪ And each microbe was made up of atoms and molecules.
▪ Infectivity describes the likelihood that a particular microbe will be transmitted under particular circumstances.
▪ Knowing where the microbe struck opened a door to understanding how it might work.
▪ Life, in fact, would have been impossible for most higher forms, with only the hardiest microbes surviving.
▪ Only within the last few years have doctors begun to realize that this microbe can cause disease.
▪ Prolonged exposure, even to small amounts of genetically-engineered microbes in the air, could cause allergies in workers.
▪ Some protein molecules are simply too large for microbes to handle.