embryo
英 ['embrɪəʊ]
美 ['ɛmbrɪo]
- n. [胚] 胚胎；胚芽；初期
- adj. 胚胎的；初期的
助記提示
1. em- "in" + bryein "swell, grow, be full" => embryon => embryo.
2. Greek embryon "a young one," in Homer, "young animal," later, "fruit of the womb," literally "something that grows inside the body".
3. The idea underlying embryo is of "growing inside the body".
中文詞源
embryo 胚胎em-, 進入，使。- bryo, 膨脹，發芽，詞源可能同breast, browse.
英文詞源
- embryo
- embryo: [16] The idea underlying embryo is of ‘growing within’. The word comes from Greek émbruon, a compound verb formed from the prefix en- ‘in’ and the verb brúein ‘swell, grow’, which meant literally ‘something that grows inside the body’. English acquired it via late Latin embryo.
- embryo (n.)
- "fetus in utero at an early stage of development," mid-14c., from Medieval Latin embryo, properly embryon, from Greek embryon "a young one," in Homer, "young animal," later, "fruit of the womb," literally "that which grows," from assimilated form of en "in" (see en- (2)) + bryein "to swell, be full."
雙語例句
- 1. The mother provides the embryo with nourishment and a place to grow.
- 母親為胎兒提供營養和成長的空間。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. These developments were foreseen in embryo more than a decade ago.
- 這些發展早在十多年前的萌芽階段就已預見到。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It was an embryo idea rather than a fully worked proposal.
- 這隻是初步的想法，並非成形的提議。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. They are an embryo party of government.
- 他們這個政黨有望組建政府，但目前還不成熟。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. An eight-week-old embryo is only an inch long.
- 8星期大的胚胎隻有一英寸長。
來自柯林斯例句