toxin

英 [ˈtɒksɪn]

美 [ˈtɑːksɪn]

n.  毒素(尤指生物体自然产生的毒物)

复数：toxins　

GREIELTS化学

Collins.1 / BNC.10698 / COCA.8565

牛津词典

noun

• 毒素（尤指生物体自然产生的毒物）
  a poisonous substance, especially one that is produced by bacteria in plants and animals

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 毒素
  Atoxinis any poisonous substance produced by bacteria, animals, or plants.
  1. Experts have linked this condition to a build-up of toxins in the body…
     专家已把这一病症与体内毒素的积累联系起来。
  2. Tests showed increased levels of toxin in shellfish.
     检验表明水生有壳动物的毒素水平提高了。

英英释义

noun

• a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species

双语例句

• They were close to weaponizing ricin — a lethal plant toxin.
  他们快把蓖麻毒素——一种致命的植物毒素——研发为武器了。
• To set a thief to catch a thief, that is what we call “ to counteract one toxin with another ”.
  叫小偷去抓小偷，这就叫“以毒攻毒”。
• These factors may have confounded the specific efficacy of botulinum toxin for chronic tension-type headache.
  这些因素可能混淆肉毒素对慢性紧张型头痛的特别效果。
• An additional metabolic characteristic associated with the growth and toxin production of Clostridium botulinum is gas production.
  另外与肉毒杆菌的生长与产毒相关的代谢特征是气体的产生。
• Maybe this is a toxin.
  或许这是一种生化毒素。
• OTA is a fungal toxin also considered a possible human carcinogen.
  赭曲霉毒素A是一种真菌毒素，也被认为是可能的人类致癌物。
• The best therapy, in my opinion, is botulinum toxin injection of the parotid and submandibular gland.
  最好的治疗，我认为这是肉毒杆菌毒素注射的腮腺和颌下腺。
• The inducing death of root cap cells bioassay was firstly used to measure the toxicity of toxin from Curvularia spp.
  利用玉米根冠细胞死亡法测定了玉米弯孢霉毒素的生物毒性，方法简单可行。
• A rabbit eating many such plants may absorb the toxin in all the plants.
  吃了许多这种植物的兔子会把植物里所有的毒素都吸收进去。
• The cotton is genetically engineered to produce Bt toxin, which kills pink bollworm, a serious cotton pest.
  这种棉花接受了遗传改造，从而产生能杀死棉红铃虫的Bt毒素。棉红铃虫是一种严重的棉花害虫。