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接种,嫁接

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Inoculate \In*oc"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inoculated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Inoculating},.] [L. inoculatus, p. p. of
   inoculare to ingraft; pref. in- in,on + oculare to furnish
   with eyes, fr. oculus an eye, also, a bud. See {Ocular}.]
   1. To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant
      in another tree or plant.

   2. To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.

   3. (Med.) To communicate a disease to ( a person ) by
      inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh; as, to
      inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox,rabies, etc.
      See {Vaccinate}.

   4. Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of
      harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate
      one with treason or infidelity.

Inoculate \In*oc"u*late\, v. i.
   1. To graft by inserting buds.

   2. To communicate disease by inoculation.

资料来源 : WordNet®

inoculate
     v 1: introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My teachers
          inoculated me with their beliefs"
     2: introduce a micro-organism into
     3: perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation;
        "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse
        vaccinated the children in the school" [syn: {immunize}, {immunise},
         {vaccinate}]
     4: insert a bud for propagation
     5: impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to
        render immune