seminal
美音:
[´semənəl
]英音:
[´semənəl
]adj.种子的,精液的,生殖的
难易程度:
seminal为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:seminally
词根
semin=seed(种子)
近义词, 同义词
seminal
/'semɪnl; `sɛmənl/
adj
1 [usu attrib 通常作定语] of seed or semen 种子的; 精液的
*the seminal fluid 精液
* a seminal duct 精管.
2 (fig often approv 比喻, 常作褒义) strongly influencing later developments 对以後发展有巨大影响的
*a seminal idea, essay, speech 有巨大影响的思想、文章、讲话
* Her theories were seminal for educational reform. 她的理论对教育改革影响很大.
=> semen.
seminal
adj[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: French;Origin: séminal, from
Latin seminalis, from semen;
SEMEN]
formal a seminal article, book etc is important, and influences the way things develop in the future
a seminal study of eighteenth-century France [only before noun]technicalproducing or containing
semen