sperm

英 [spɜːm] 美[spɝm]

TEM4中低频词畅通词汇

复数: sperms; sperm;

sperm 精子，精液

来自拉丁语 sperma,种子，精液，来自希腊语 sperma,种子，精液，来自 speirein,播种，播撒，来自 PIE*sper,播种，播撒，词源同 spread,spark.后词义种子由 seed 取代。

sperm: sperm: [14] Sperm is etymologically something that is ‘sown’, like ‘seed’. The word comes, via late Latin sperma, from Greek spérma ‘seed’. This was a derivative of the same base as produced English diaspora, sporadic, and spore, and it may ultimately be related to English spray.
=> diaspora, sporadic, spore
sperm (n.): "male seminal fluid," late 14c., probably from Old French esperme "seed, sperm" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin sperma "seed, semen," from Greek sperma "the seed of plants, also of animals," literally "that which is sown," from speirein "to sow, scatter," from PIE *sper-mn-, from root *sper- (4) "to strew" (see sprout (v.)). Sperm bank is attested from 1963. For sperm whale see spermaceti.

1. Doctor believed that his low sperm count was the problem.: 医生认为他的精子数太低是问题所在。

2. Conception occurs when a single sperm fuses with an egg.: 当一个精子和一个卵子结合时受孕就发生了。

4. Each male ejaculation will contain up to 300 million sperm.: 男性每次排出的精液包含多达3亿个精子。