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seminal

美音:[´semənəl ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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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]technical
producing or containing semen