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A fungicide is a chemical made to kill fungus, or to stop it growing. Farmers and spray it on plants when mould or other fungus would ruin the crop. The second half, -cide, means 'killer', the same idea as in . Though actually, when a person has a fungal infection, the medicine is usually called an antifungal, not a fungicide. Same job, different world: fungicide lives in the garden shed and on the farm; antifungal lives in the pharmacy.
殺真菌劑(務農時常籠統叫「殺菌劑」;人用的藥較常說抗黴菌藥)
組成fungi- (fungus) + -cide (killer, from Latin caedere, 'to cut / kill')
同家族的字
- fungusthe living thing this chemical is meant to kill
- fungalthe adjective from the same root
- pesticidesame -cide ending: something that kills pests
- insecticidesame -cide ending: something that kills insects
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
fungicidenoun/ˈfʌŋɡɪsaɪd/
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A substance used to kill fungus, whether yeasts, molds, mildews, or mushrooms.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。