microbiology

microbiology — noun

1. the scientific field that examines living organisms too small to be seen clearly

1.名詞B2
釋義

the scientific field that examines living organisms too small to be seen clearly without a microscope, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi

例句

Ezra chose to study microbiology at university in order to understand how bacteria cause illness.

study + [academic subject] at university

The microbiology lab at Kaohsiung Medical University tests local water samples for harmful germs.

collocation: microbiology lab

同義詞
  • microbial science

    broader term; can include related fields such as microbial ecology and microbial genetics

  • bacteriology

    narrower — focuses only on bacteria, not viruses, fungi, or protozoa

  • virology

    narrower — restricted to the study of viruses specifically

文法句型

microbiology + noun (e.g. microbiology lab, microbiology course)

study + microbiology

用法筆記

Uncountable noun — you cannot say 'a microbiology' or 'microbiologies.' Often used before another noun (e.g., microbiology lab, microbiology course) or with the verb 'study.'

常見錯誤

❌She works in a microscope lab.
✅She works in a microbiology lab.
💡'microscope' is the instrument used to see things; 'microbiology' is the scientific field that studies tiny living things.
❌He is learning micro-biology at college.
✅He is learning microbiology at college.
💡'microbiology' is written as one word with no hyphen.