embryo

embryo
[ˈɛmbrɪəʊ]
(pl. -os)
  1. an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development
    胚胎
    ■an unborn human offspring, especially in the first eight weeks from conception, after implantation but before all the organs are developed
    （尤指受孕后8周内的）胎儿。 比较 fetus
    ■(Botany)the part of a seed which develops into a plant, consisting (in the mature embryo of a higher plant) of a plumule, a radicle, and one or two cotyledons
    (植)胚胎，胚
    ■(figurative)a thing at a rudimentary stage that shows potential for development
    (喻)萌芽状态的事物；发展初期的事物
    a simple commodity economy is merely the embryo of a capitalist economy.
    简单商品经济只是资本主义经济的萌芽。
    [as modifier]an embryo central bank.
    中央银行的雏形。
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in embryo
  1. at a rudimentary stage with the potential for further development
    在胚胎阶段；在未成熟时期
派生
embryonal
[ˈɛmbrɪən(ə)l]
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek embruon 'fetus', from em- 'into' + bruein 'swell, grow'
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