embryo: [16] The idea underlying embryo is of ‘growing within’. The word comes from Greek émbruon, a compound verb formed from the prefix en- ‘in’ and the verb brúein ‘swell, grow’, which meant literally ‘something that grows inside the body’. English acquired it via late Latin embryo.
embryo (n.)
"fetus in utero at an early stage of development," mid-14c., from Medieval Latin embryo, properly embryon, from Greek embryon "a young one," in Homer, "young animal," later, "fruit of the womb," literally "that which grows," from assimilated form of en "in" (see en- (2)) + bryein "to swell, be full."
实用例句
1. The mother provides the embryo with nourishment and a place to grow.
母亲为胎儿提供营养和成长的空间。
来自柯林斯例句
2. These developments were foreseen in embryo more than a decade ago.
这些发展早在十多年前的萌芽阶段就已预见到。
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3. It was an embryo idea rather than a fully worked proposal.
