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Beaten Embryon Inside Beat 10603.Beaten 英 Biːt(ə)N]美 Bitn

正面 10603.beaten
英 ['biːt(ə)n]美 ['bitn]

背面
释义:
adj. 被打败了的;筋疲力竭的;踏平的v. 打败(beat的过去分词)n. (Beaten)人名;(英)比滕
例句:
1. The rescuers were beaten back by strong winds and currents.救援人员因风浪太大而被迫中断工作。

1. em- "in" + bryein "swell, grow, be full" => embryon + -ic => embryonic.2. Greek embryon "a young one," in Homer, "young animal," later, "fruit of the womb," literally "something that grows inside the body".3. The idea underlying embryo is of "growing inside the body".

beaten (adj.)"hammered" (of metal, etc.), c. 1300, from past participle of beat (v.), which alternates with beat with some distinctions of sense. Meaning "defeated" is from 1560s; that of "repeatedly struck" is from 1590s."

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