1894, "destructive to micro-organisms," from French antibiotique (c. 1889), from anti- "against" (see anti-) + biotique "of (microbial) life," from Late Latin bioticus "of life" (see biotic). As a noun, first recorded 1941 in works of U.S. microbiologist Selman Waksman (1888-1973), discoverer of streptomycin. Earlier the adjective was used in a sense "not from living organisms" in debates over the origins of certain fossils.
双语例句
1. Our doctor diagnosed a throat infection and prescribed antibiotic and junior aspirin.
我们的医生诊断是喉部感染，并且开了一些抗生素和小剂量阿司匹林。
来自柯林斯例句
2. They expect the antibiotic products to be exported to Southeast Asia and Africa..
.他们希望向东南亚和非洲出口抗生素产品。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The doctor said that I should take some antibiotic.
医生说我应该服些用抗生素.
来自辞典例句
4. The most efficient antibiotic cannot compensate for inadequate and poor surgical technique.
最有效的抗菌素不能补偿不适当的粗劣的外科技术.
来自辞典例句
5. Bacteria vary greatly in their sensitivity to the antibiotic penicillin.
