amoeba: [19] Amoebas got their name (around 1840) from their inherent shapelessness. With their infinitely mobile exterior and their fluid interior, their shape is constantly changing, and so they were christened with the Greek word amoibē, which means literally ‘change’.
amoeba (n.)
1855, from Modern Latin Amoeba, genus name (1841), from Greek amoibe "change," related to ameibein "to change, exchange," from PIE *e-meigw-, extended form of root *mei- (1) "to change, go, move" (see mutable). So called for its constantly changing shape. Related: Amoebaean; amoebic.
例文
1. The amoeba is a very simple organism.
バリアントは簡単な生体である。
2. Amoeba was a distributed operating system.
Amoeba は分散型オペレーティングシステムである。
3.This paper is indroduction to Amoeba system followed by an implementation of RPC communication over WAN.
広域ネットワークrpc通信を実現する Amoeba システムについて簡単に説明します。
4.An amoeba forms a cyst when conditions are unfavourable.
環境が不利な場合、変異体は包包を生成する。
5.The amoeba ，a denizen of fresh water，is such a case.