germinal

a. 幼芽的, 胚种的 [医] 胚的, 生发的

发音

其它 /ˈdʒɜː(ɹ)mɪnəl/

词形变化

more germinal 比较级 most germinal 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Relating to spring

  2. 2.

    Pertaining, similar, or belonging to a germ.

  3. 3.

    Relating to a plant ovary.

    生物 植物学
  4. 4.

    Serving as a point of origin; formative.

    比喻

    My upbringing was the germinal idea behind the opera.

  5. 5.

    Highly influential; seminal.

    比喻

    This case was germinal to development of the theory of joint participation.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

seminal originative

近义相关 1

original

相关短语

germinal matrix germinal disk [医] 胚盘 germinal disks germinal disc [医] 胚盘, 胚层 germinal discs germinal center [医] 生发中心 germinal centers germinal centre germinal spot [医] 胚斑, 胚区 germinal spots germinal centres franc germinal

词源

From Middle French germe, from Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”). Doublet of germen. From earlier *genmen via dissimilation, from Proto-Italic *genamen, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ (“offspring”, “seed”), from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”, “to give birth”). Compare with genimen.

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