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单词 rudiment
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Definition of rudiment in English:

rudiment

noun ˈruːdɪm(ə)ntˈrudəmənt
  • 1the rudiments ofThe first principles of (a subject)

    基础;基本原理;入门

    she taught the girls the rudiments of reading and writing

    她教女孩阅读和写作入门。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It neglects the fact that although the rudiments of a task can be picked up quite soon, skills take time to develop, and the process is inhibited by too many job changes, compulsory task rotations, or rapid staff turnover.
    • They were also taught the rudiments of direction.
    • They will be taught the rudiments of life saving so that in the event of an emergency they can help sustain life until paramedics arrive.
    • There is a regrettable paucity of training in the rudiments of security protocols or practices at the library.
    • In the past road safety initiatives focused on children's lack of experience and competence in dealing with traffic, and aspired to teach children the rudiments of dealing with a busy road.
    • ‘Working with them helped me to know the rudiments of film-making,’ he says.
    • Drivers of such vehicles too have to be taught the rudiments of traffic discipline.
    • When the Laune Pipers' Band was founded in 1944 in Killorglin, it was decided to engage Peter to train the local boys in the rudiments of pipe playing.
    • It is hard to say what, beyond the rudiments of painting, Dou derived from his time with Rembrandt.
    • He taught them the rudiments of carpentry and construction as they put up a unit for poultry production.
    • In every village, in every nook and cranny, youths were taught the rudiments of the game by elders as a matter of course.
    • They are thus taught the rudiments of yoga, relaxation techniques and certain yoga exercises that can help improve memory and concentration.
    • There is no one better to teach the rudiments of the game than Matt.
    • I left with a fair understanding of the rudiments of dressmaking.
    • If you don't understand the rudiments of grammar you won't be able to deal with Shakespeare.
    • Teaching pupils the rudiments of double-blind tests, clinical trial methods and general principles of factoring studies for other influences would clear these scientific confusions.
    • The workshop will expose students to the rudiments of handling backstage activities such as sound and lighting effects.
    • One of the directors had someone teach Jayaraja the rudiments of camera work.
    • They might just about have grasped the rudiments of e-mail, but they haven't a clue about the new media.
    • In the biographers' accounts, the cardinal is cast as something of a second father figure, teaching the young Bernini the rudiments of literature even as his actual father taught him how to hold a drill.
    Synonyms
    basic principles, basics, fundamentals, elements, essentials, first principles
    beginnings, foundation
    informal nuts and bolts, ABC
    1. 1.1 An elementary or primitive form of (something)
      雏形;萌芽
      the rudiments of a hot-water system

      热水系统的雏形。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The inorganic sediments were covered with poorly decomposed fibric peat accumulations that contained well-preserved rudiments of earlier communities.
      • Singers and storytellers, the entertainers of those times, included dance in their performances, and created the rudiments of modern theatre, where dialogue takes precedence.
      • Using the indigenously available material, they have put together the rudiments of a ‘glider aircraft’, similar in function and style to the imported gliders used only by defence pilots in India.
      • Using just the rudiments of clothing, namely a scrap of fabric and a bit of thread, Berriolo conjured not the costume that covers the figure, but the figure itself, with playfulness and whimsy, but also with a sense of quest and discovery.
      • Based on careful observations, Darwin contended that many animals possess general concepts, some reasoning ability, rudiments of moral sentiments, and complex emotions.
      Synonyms
      basic principles, basics, fundamentals, elements, essentials, first principles
  • 2Biology
    An undeveloped or immature part or organ, especially a structure in an embryo or larva which will develop into an organ, limb, etc.

    〔生〕未成熟的器官;退化器官;残遗器官

    the fetal lung rudiment

    未成熟的胎肺。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This initial pattern changes in larvae of the six and eight arms, when the juvenile rudiment is present.
    • Ichthyostega had seven digits in the feet and still retained some gill arch rudiments and fin rays in the tail.
    • It has rudiments of the limb girdles, but no fins.
    • All fetuses from whom the testis rudiment had been removed developed as though they were female, as also did those from whom the developing ovary was removed.
    • A small posterior element in this limb may be a rudiment of the fifth metacarpal.
    Synonyms
    rudimentary version, germ, nucleus, seed, root, source
  • 3Music
    A basic pattern used by drummers, such as the roll, the flam, and the paradiddle.

    〔乐〕(击鼓者使用的)基本打击法(例如滚奏,接连两下的鼓声和爵士乐的小鼓声咚哒咚咚)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Jack knew enough about percussion to realise that the girl was methodically going through a set of rudiments.
    • Instruction in piano, voice, organ, string, brass, wind and percussion are available for beginners and masters, as well as classes in rudiments, composition and other theoretical subjects.
    • A team of 17 individuals assists the band with marching rudiments, choreography and in developing tight musical and visual components.
    • He flows like a slap bassist, performing exhausting rudiments in too-tight spaces with little grace and even less rhythm.
    • I was learning the rudiments - the drum rolls, the double bounces, the single bounces.
    Synonyms
    necessary condition, precondition, condition, essential, requirement, requisite, necessity, proviso, qualification, imperative, basic, obligation, duty

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French, or from Latin rudimentum, from rudis 'unwrought', on the pattern of elementum 'element'.

Definition of rudiment in US English:

rudiment

nounˈro͞odəməntˈrudəmənt
  • 1the rudiments ofThe first principles of (a subject)

    基础;基本原理;入门

    she taught the girls the rudiments of reading and writing

    她教女孩阅读和写作入门。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Teaching pupils the rudiments of double-blind tests, clinical trial methods and general principles of factoring studies for other influences would clear these scientific confusions.
    • ‘Working with them helped me to know the rudiments of film-making,’ he says.
    • I left with a fair understanding of the rudiments of dressmaking.
    • In the past road safety initiatives focused on children's lack of experience and competence in dealing with traffic, and aspired to teach children the rudiments of dealing with a busy road.
    • One of the directors had someone teach Jayaraja the rudiments of camera work.
    • They were also taught the rudiments of direction.
    • They are thus taught the rudiments of yoga, relaxation techniques and certain yoga exercises that can help improve memory and concentration.
    • When the Laune Pipers' Band was founded in 1944 in Killorglin, it was decided to engage Peter to train the local boys in the rudiments of pipe playing.
    • It neglects the fact that although the rudiments of a task can be picked up quite soon, skills take time to develop, and the process is inhibited by too many job changes, compulsory task rotations, or rapid staff turnover.
    • In the biographers' accounts, the cardinal is cast as something of a second father figure, teaching the young Bernini the rudiments of literature even as his actual father taught him how to hold a drill.
    • There is a regrettable paucity of training in the rudiments of security protocols or practices at the library.
    • In every village, in every nook and cranny, youths were taught the rudiments of the game by elders as a matter of course.
    • They might just about have grasped the rudiments of e-mail, but they haven't a clue about the new media.
    • It is hard to say what, beyond the rudiments of painting, Dou derived from his time with Rembrandt.
    • Drivers of such vehicles too have to be taught the rudiments of traffic discipline.
    • The workshop will expose students to the rudiments of handling backstage activities such as sound and lighting effects.
    • They will be taught the rudiments of life saving so that in the event of an emergency they can help sustain life until paramedics arrive.
    • If you don't understand the rudiments of grammar you won't be able to deal with Shakespeare.
    • There is no one better to teach the rudiments of the game than Matt.
    • He taught them the rudiments of carpentry and construction as they put up a unit for poultry production.
    Synonyms
    basic principles, basics, fundamentals, elements, essentials, first principles
    1. 1.1 An elementary or primitive form of something.
      雏形;萌芽
      the rudiments of a hot-water system

      热水系统的雏形。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The inorganic sediments were covered with poorly decomposed fibric peat accumulations that contained well-preserved rudiments of earlier communities.
      • Using the indigenously available material, they have put together the rudiments of a ‘glider aircraft’, similar in function and style to the imported gliders used only by defence pilots in India.
      • Based on careful observations, Darwin contended that many animals possess general concepts, some reasoning ability, rudiments of moral sentiments, and complex emotions.
      • Using just the rudiments of clothing, namely a scrap of fabric and a bit of thread, Berriolo conjured not the costume that covers the figure, but the figure itself, with playfulness and whimsy, but also with a sense of quest and discovery.
      • Singers and storytellers, the entertainers of those times, included dance in their performances, and created the rudiments of modern theatre, where dialogue takes precedence.
      Synonyms
      basic principles, basics, fundamentals, elements, essentials, first principles
  • 2Biology
    An undeveloped or immature part or organ, especially a structure in an embryo or larva which will develop into an organ, limb, etc.

    〔生〕未成熟的器官;退化器官;残遗器官

    the fetal lung rudiment

    未成熟的胎肺。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • All fetuses from whom the testis rudiment had been removed developed as though they were female, as also did those from whom the developing ovary was removed.
    • It has rudiments of the limb girdles, but no fins.
    • This initial pattern changes in larvae of the six and eight arms, when the juvenile rudiment is present.
    • Ichthyostega had seven digits in the feet and still retained some gill arch rudiments and fin rays in the tail.
    • A small posterior element in this limb may be a rudiment of the fifth metacarpal.
    Synonyms
    rudimentary version, germ, nucleus, seed, root, source
  • 3Music
    A basic pattern used by drummers, such as the roll, the flam, and the paradiddle.

    〔乐〕(击鼓者使用的)基本打击法(例如滚奏,接连两下的鼓声和爵士乐的小鼓声咚哒咚咚)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A team of 17 individuals assists the band with marching rudiments, choreography and in developing tight musical and visual components.
    • Jack knew enough about percussion to realise that the girl was methodically going through a set of rudiments.
    • I was learning the rudiments - the drum rolls, the double bounces, the single bounces.
    • Instruction in piano, voice, organ, string, brass, wind and percussion are available for beginners and masters, as well as classes in rudiments, composition and other theoretical subjects.
    • He flows like a slap bassist, performing exhausting rudiments in too-tight spaces with little grace and even less rhythm.
    Synonyms
    necessary condition, precondition, condition, essential, requirement, requisite, necessity, proviso, qualification, imperative, basic, obligation, duty

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French, or from Latin rudimentum, from rudis ‘unwrought’, on the pattern of elementum ‘element’.

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