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n.胚胎,胎儿,胚芽 adj.胚胎的,初期的

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embryo


/'embrɪəʊ; `ɛmbrɪ,o/
n (pl ~s / -EUz; -oz/)
1 (a) young animal or plant in the early stages of its development before birth (or before coming out of its egg or seed) 胚; 胚胎; 萌芽时期
*an aborted embryo 流产的胚胎. Cf 参看 foetus.
(b) (fig 比喻) plan, scheme, etc in its very early stages 初步的计划、方案等
*an embryo of an idea 一个想法的雏形
* [attrib 作定语] The project is still at the embryo stage. 这个计划仍在酝酿阶段.
2 (idm 习语) in embryo existing but undeveloped 已存在但尚未发展的
*My plans are still very much in embryo. 我的计划在很大程度上仍在酝酿中.

embryo


npluralembryos[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Medieval Latin;Origin:Greek embryon, from bryein 'to swell']
an animal or human that has not yet been born, and has just begun to develop
foetus
in embryo
at a very early stage of development
 The system already exists in embryo.
1. That's when a scientist in Denmark separated cells from a sheep's embryo (胚胎).
    但1984年,一位丹麦科学家从一只绵羊的胚胎中分离出了细胞。

2. The Danish scientist combined an embryo cell with an egg cell from another sheep.
    这位丹麦科学家将一个胚胎细胞和一个取自另一只绵羊的卵细胞结合起来。

3. To much surprise, the embryo grew into a baby lamb.
    极为奇特的是,这只胚胎长成了一个小羊羔。

4. He put the combined cell — then a newly growing embryo — into a grown female sheep.
    他把结合后的细胞——此时已是一个重新生长的细胞——植入一只成熟母羊的体内。

5. An embryo is an early stage of development in which cells are busy dividing and "transforming" into specialized cells like skin, eye, or muscle cells.
    胚胎是发育的最初阶段,在这个阶段,细胞不停地分裂并"转化"成特化的细胞,如皮肤细胞、眼睛细胞、或肌肉细胞等。

6. Unlike a skin cell, an embryo is on its way to becoming a complete living thing:
    与单个皮肤细胞不同,一个胚胎将逐渐形成一个完整的生命体:

7. Instead of using early-stage embryo cells, Wilmut used cells from the udder (乳腺) of an adult sheep.
    威尔莫特使用的不是初期胚胎细胞,而是从一只成年绵羊的乳腺提取的细胞。

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