em·bry·o

noun

/ˈembriəʊ/

(plural embryos)

Idioms

a young animal or plant in the very early stages of development before birth, or before coming out of its egg or seed, especially a human egg in the first eight weeks after fertilization胚；胚胎；（尤指受孕后八周内的）人类胚胎
- the current debate over cloning human embryos当前关于克隆人类胚胎的辩论
compare fetus
Extra Examples
- The couple has produced three embryos for implantation.这对夫妻培育了三个胚胎以供移植。
- Two or three embryos are implanted into the woman's body.这个妇人体内已经移植了两三个胚胎。
- frozen embryos stored at a fertility clinic保存在生育诊所的冷冻胚胎
- the cells of an early embryo早期胚胎细胞
Topics Biologyc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- developing
- fertilized
- early
- …
verb + embryo
- create
- produce
- implant
- …
embryo + verb
- develop
embryo + noun
- development
- growth
- cell
- …
a thing at a very early stage of development初期形态；萌芽；雏形
- the embryo of an idea一种想法的雏形
- an embryo central bank中央银行的雏形

Word Originlate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek embruon ‘fetus’, from em- ‘into’ + bruein ‘swell, grow’.

Idioms

in embryo

existing but not yet fully developed在胚胎阶段；在萌芽时期；尚未成熟
- The idea already existed in embryo in his earlier novels.这个想法在他早期的小说中已初见端倪。

单词	embryo
释义	em·bry·o noun /ˈembriəʊ/ /ˈembriəʊ/ (plural embryos) Idioms a young animal or plant in the very early stages of development before birth, or before coming out of its egg or seed, especially a human egg in the first eight weeks after fertilization胚；胚胎；（尤指受孕后八周内的）人类胚胎 the current debate over cloning human embryos当前关于克隆人类胚胎的辩论 compare fetus Extra Examples The couple has produced three embryos for implantation.这对夫妻培育了三个胚胎以供移植。 Two or three embryos are implanted into the woman's body.这个妇人体内已经移植了两三个胚胎。 frozen embryos stored at a fertility clinic保存在生育诊所的冷冻胚胎 the cells of an early embryo早期胚胎细胞 Topics Biologyc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective developing fertilized early … verb + embryo create produce implant … embryo + verb develop embryo + noun development growth cell … a thing at a very early stage of development初期形态；萌芽；雏形 the embryo of an idea一种想法的雏形 an embryo central bank中央银行的雏形 Word Originlate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek embruon ‘fetus’, from em- ‘into’ + bruein ‘swell, grow’. Idioms in embryo existing but not yet fully developed在胚胎阶段；在萌芽时期；尚未成熟 The idea already existed in embryo in his earlier novels.这个想法在他早期的小说中已初见端倪。
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