embryo

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n. 胚胎, 胎儿, 胚芽 [医] 胚, 胚胎

发音

UK /ˈɛmbɹi.əʊ/
其它
US /ˈɛmbɹi.oʊ/

词形变化

embryones embryos 复数 embryos embryones 复数

别名

embrio embryones embrio’s embrioes embryos embrioun embrion embryon embrions embryons embrya

教材释义与例句

名词

胚胎；胚芽；初期

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.

  2. 2.

    An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.

  3. 3.

    In a viviparous animal, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body.

  4. 4.

    In a human, usually the cell growth of the child within the mother's body, through the end of the seventh week of pregnancy.

  5. 5.

    A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.

    生物 植物学
  6. 6.

    The beginning; the first stage of anything.

    比喻

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

conceptus

上位词 8

animal plant beast creature flora brute fauna plantlife

下位词 4

blastosphere blastula gastrula morula

部分词 2

umbilical umbilical cord

相关短语

embryo sac 胚囊 embryo transfer 胚泡移植 embryo sacs embryo transfers hybrid embryo coconut embryo in embryo 在胎盘中,尚未成熟,在萌芽中

词源

Borrowed from Medieval Latin embryō, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en, “in-”) + βρύω (brúō, “to grow, swell”).

来源：wiktionary