embryo

英 ['embrɪəʊ] 美 ['ɛmbrɪo]

解释

※ 提供单词"embryo"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

embryo 胚胎

em-, 进入，使。- bryo, 膨胀，发芽，词源可能同breast, browse.

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."

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1. The mother provides the embryo with nourishment and a place to grow.: 母亲为胎儿提供营养和成长的空间。

2. These developments were foreseen in embryo more than a decade ago.: 这些发展早在十多年前的萌芽阶段就已预见到。

3. It was an embryo idea rather than a fully worked proposal.: 这只是初步的想法，并非成形的提议。