amoeba: [19] Amoebas got their name (around 1840) from their inherent shapelessness. With their infinitely mobile exterior and their fluid interior, their shape is constantly changing, and so they were christened with the Greek word amoibē, which means literally ‘change’.
amoeba (n.)
1855, from Modern Latin Amoeba, genus name (1841), from Greek amoibe "change," related to ameibein "to change, exchange," from PIE *e-meigw-, extended form of root *mei- (1) "to change, go, move" (see mutable). So called for its constantly changing shape. Related: Amoebaean; amoebic.
实用例句
1. The amoeba is a very simple organism.
变形虫是很简单的生物体.
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2. Amoeba was a distributed operating system.
Amoeba是一个分布式操作系统.
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3. This paper is indroduction to Amoeba system followed by an implementation of RPC communication over WAN.
本文简要介绍实现广域网rpc通信的Amoeba系统.
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4. An amoeba forms a cyst when conditions are unfavourable.
当环境不利时,变形虫产生包囊.
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5. The amoeba, a denizen of fresh water, is such a case.