"to whip, scourge," 1620s, from Latin flagellatus, past participle of flagellare "to scourge, lash" (see flagellum). Related: Flagellated; flagellating. An earlier verb for this in English was flagellen (mid-15c.; see flail (v.)).
flagellate (adj.)
1851, from flagellum + -ate (1).
雙語例句
1. From that day on, the farmer would not flagellate his ox anymore.
從那天起,農夫再也不鞭打牛了。
來自辭典例句
2. A single - celled microorganism, especially a flagellate protozoan of the genus Monas.
單胞體 單細胞 的微生物, 尤指單''.'胞'. ''蟲類的有鞭毛的原生動物.
來自互聯網
3. Relating to or caused by a flagellate organism.