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Embryo Early Human Animal Stages Idea ˈembriəʊ Noun

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/e̱mbrioʊ/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]胚胎 An embryo is an unborn animal or human being in the very early stages of development.
  • The embryo lives in the amniotic cavity.

    胚胎在羊膜腔中发育。

  • ...the remarkable resilience of very young embryos.

    早期胚胎非凡的适应力

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[ADJ 形容词](想法、体系或机构)萌芽阶段的,初期的 An embryo idea, system, or organization is in the very early stages of development, but is expected to grow stronger.
  [ADJ n]
  • They are an embryo party of government...

    他们这个政党有望组建政府,但目前还不成熟。

  • 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。

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[PHRASE 短语]在萌芽期;在初期 Something that is in embryo is at a very early stage of its development.
  [v-link PHR]
  • 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。


Oxford em·bryo / ˈembriəʊ ; NAmE ˈembrioʊ / noun ( plural em·bryos ) a young animal or plant in the very early stages of development before birth, or before coming out of its egg or seed, especially a human egg in the first eight weeks after fertilization 胚;胚胎;(尤指受孕后八周内的)人类胚胎 human embryos 人的胚胎 ( figurative) the embryo of an idea 一种想法的雏形 an embryo politician (= one who is not yet very experienced) 尚未成熟的政治家 IDIOM in embryo existing but not yet fully developed 在胚胎阶段;在萌芽时期;尚未成熟 The idea already existed in embryo in his earlier novels. 这个想法在他早期的小说中已初见端倪。 embryo embryos em·bryo / ˈembriəʊ ; NAmE ˈembrioʊ /
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embryoem‧bry‧o /ˈembriəʊ $ -brioʊ/ noun (plural embryos) [countable]
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1an animal or human that has not yet been born, and has just begun to developfoetus2in embryo at a very early stage of development:  The system already exists in embryo.
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embryo

[ˈembriəʊ]

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embryos[908]
胚胎(98%),萌芽(2%)
n.[胚] 胚胎;胚芽;初期
adj.胚胎的;初期的

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