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protoplasm

/proh-tuh-plaz-uhm/US // ˈproʊ təˌplæz əm //UK // (ˈprəʊtəˌplæzəm) //

原生质体,原生质,原生质素,原质体

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Biology. the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
    • : Obsolete. the living matter of organisms regarded as the physical basis of life, having the ability to sense and conduct stimuli.

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Examples

  • He was not one of the little pieces of protoplasm running along with the herd.

  • Let us suppose its first connection with vitality to be in the simplest form of animated matter—that of the protoplasm.

  • Ages ago, when we were amœbæ or little drops of protoplasm, we had no eyes or nose or separate stomach for digesting food.

  • In these higher animals this protoplasm is known as germplasm, that in body cells as somatoplasm.

  • Man and his civilization are held suspended in protoplasm and sunlight.