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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

-phage [feʤ] [feɪʤ]
  1. 1. [构词成分]表示吃”;“食”;“蚀”;“毁”:bacteriophage

Collins English-English Dictionary

-phage
  1. 1. n combining form indicating something that eats or consumes something specified
    bacteriophage
  2. 2. n combining form [Etymology] from Greek -phagos; see phago-

Examples

Phage uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria.
噬菌体利用细菌的生存机制和能量来繁殖更多噬菌体,直至被侵入的细菌毁灭,然后转而再去侵害周围的细菌。
When a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny.
当抗菌素感染细菌时,它可以消灭宿主,或者以溶原状态结合到宿主基因中。

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