লক্ষ্য করুন: এই এন্ট্রির অনুবাদ বর্তমানে মান পর্যালোচনার অধীনে রয়েছে, তাই কিছু বিষয়বস্তু সাময়িকভাবে শুধুমাত্র ইংরেজিতে প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে।
এই এন্ট্রিটি এখনও আপনার ভাষায় অনুবাদ করা হয়নি, তাই নিচে মূল লেখাটি দেখানো হচ্ছে।
flagellate
This term carries a heavy connotation of austerity and ritualized pain. In its verbal sense, it describes a deliberate, often systematic application of a whip, distinguishing it from random violence. It is most frequently encountered in historical, theological, or hagiographic texts describing extreme asceticism or judicial torture.
In a biological context, the word shifts from a description of pain to a description of morphology. It refers specifically to the presence of flagella, the whip-like tails used by microorganisms for movement. This creates a linguistic bridge between the physical action of whipping and the structural appearance of microscopic appendages.
Meanings
Examples
The guards were ordered to flagellate the prisoner as a warning to others.
Some medieval ascetics would flagellate themselves to show devotion.
I cannot believe they actually flagellate for penance in those rituals.
The inquisitors decided to flagellate the heretic until he confessed.
He felt a strange urge to flagellate himself for his perceived sins.
Under the microscope, the flagellate bacteria moved rapidly through the fluid.
Is this specific species of protozoa flagellate or ciliated?
The researcher identified the organism as a flagellate microbe.