inoculate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++i·noc·u·late /ɪˈnɒkjəleɪt $ ɪˈnɑː-/ verb [transitive] MHMDto protect someone against a disease by putting a weak form of the disease into their body using a needle 给〔某人〕接种，给〔某人〕作预防注射 → immunize, vaccinateinoculate somebody against something All the children had been inoculated against hepatitis. 所有孩子都注射了肝炎预防针。 —inoculation /ɪˌnɒkjəˈleɪʃən $ -ˌnɑːk-/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
inoculate• To be sure, scientists have created disease by inoculating animals with brain tissue from infected animals.• She had been inoculated April 21 with the Cutter vaccine, along with almost four-hundred Clearwater County first-and second graders.• His dark throat lay inoculated beneath that hollow of wrinkled skin.• By mid-November 1953 plans were in place to start inoculating children on February 8,1954.• Still, the day after the announcement in Ann Arbor, communities started inoculating children.• And Isle of Muck had inoculated his tenants against the smallpox at a cost of two shillings and sixpence per head.• I sometimes think that the principal function of professional training in education is to inoculate teachers against books on education.• Net fluid transport was measured 18 hours after inoculating the intestine with the bacterial strain.Origin inoculate (1400-1500) Latin past participle of inoculare “to attach a bud to a plant”, from oculus “eye, bud”i·noc·u·late verbChineseSyllable
by against to a Corpus someone protect disease putting
inoculate
i‧noc‧u‧late /ɪˈnɒkjəleɪt, ɪˈnɒkjʊleɪt $ ɪˈnɑː-/
verb [transitive]
inoculate somebody against something
All the children had been inoculated against hepatitis.
—inoculation /ɪˌnɒkjəˈleɪʃən, ɪˌnɒkjʊˈleɪʃən $ -ˌnɑːk-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
i‧noc‧u‧late /ɪˈnɒkjəleɪt, ɪˈnɒkjʊleɪt $ ɪˈnɑː-/
verb [transitive] Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: past participle of inoculare __to attach a bud to a plant__, from oculus __eye, bud__
to protect someone against a disease by putting a weak form of the disease into their body using a needle ⇨ immunize, vaccinateLanguage: Latin
Origin: past participle of inoculare __to attach a bud to a plant__, from oculus __eye, bud__
inoculate somebody against something
—inoculation /ɪˌnɒkjəˈleɪʃən, ɪˌnɒkjʊˈleɪʃən $ -ˌnɑːk-/ noun [uncountable and countable]