spo.ro.cyst

sporocyst的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈspɔ:rəˌsist, ˈspour-]
KK音标发音： [ˈspɔrəˌsɪst, ˈspor-]

sporocyst的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A resting cell that produces asexual plant spores.
孢母细胞：一种产生无性植物孢子的分裂休止细胞

2. A protective case or cyst in which sporozoites develop and from which they are transferred to different hosts.
孢子囊：一种保护囊，孢子虫发育于此并由此而转变成不同的寄主或宿主

3. A sporozoite enclosed in such a case; an encysted sporozoan.
被围孢子虫：在此情况下被包围的孢子虫

4. A saclike larval stage in many trematode worms.
幼虫期：一种许多吸虫都有的液状幼虫阶段