| 英语单词 | chromosome |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['krəʊməsəʊm] 美 ['kroʊməsoʊm] |
| 中文释义 | n.染色体 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Chromosome studies on two species of Trifolium L. (2) Chromosome breaks may also lead to inversions and translocations. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 两种车轴草的染色体研究。 (2) 染色体破裂也可能引起倒位与易位。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A chromosome is a strand of DNA that is encoded with genes. In most cells, humans have 22 pairs of these chromosomes plus the two sex chromosomes (XX in females and XY in males) for a total of 46. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The word chromosome was originally coined in German from the Greek words khroma, meaning color, and soma meaning body. In the late 1800s, a scientist, Wilhelm von Waldeyer-Hartz, gave chromosomes their name because chromosomes easily accept dye and take on patterns of light and dark when exposed to different stains that help identify the different chromosomes. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](动、植物的)染色体 A chromosome is a part of a cell in an animal or plant. It contains genes which determine what characteristics the animal or plant will have.
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