embryo

/'embriәu/

柯林斯星级

BNC频率: 6275

现代语料频率: 6655

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中文翻译

n. 胚胎, 胎儿, 胚芽

[医] 胚, 胚胎

英文解释

n. (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

n. an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life

词态变化

复数形式:embryos

常见例句

A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form.

n accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo)

The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois

the vascular fetal membrane that lies below the chorion and develops from the hindgut in many embryonic higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)

n thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)