chromosome
美音:
[´krəumə´səum
]英音:
[´krəumə´səum
]n.[生物]染色体
难易程度:
chromosome为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:chromosomally 形容词:chromosomal
chromosome
/'krəʊməsəʊm; `kromə,som/
n (biology 生) any of the tiny threads or rods in animal and plant cells, carrying genes 染色体.
chromosome
n[C][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: Greek;Origin: chroma (
CHROMATIC) + soma
'body'; because chromosomes easily take up coloring substances]
a part of every living cell that is shaped like a thread and contains the
genes that control the size, shape etc that a plant or animal has