nascent
/ˈnæsənt/adjective
1- (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential(尤指程序、组织)新兴的:
the nascent space industry.
新兴的航天工业。
1.1
- Chemistry (chiefly of hydrogen) freshly generated in a reactive form【化】(主要指氢)初生的, 新生的。
派生词
nascency
/-sɪ/ noun词源
early 17th cent.: from Latin nascent- 'being born', from the verb nasci.