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- a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like标本, 样品：
investigations involved analysing samples of handwriting.
调查涉及对笔迹采样的分析。
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- a specimen taken for scientific testing or analysis样：
a urine sample.
尿样。
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- Statistics a portion drawn from a population, the study of which is intended to lead to statistical estimates of the attributes of the whole population【统计】样本。
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- a small amount of a food or other commodity, especially one given to a prospective customer试样（尤指分发给可能成为顾客的人的试用品或赠品）。
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- a sound created by sampling样声。
with obj.
1- take a sample or samples of (something) for analysis取…的样品, 从…中抽样（或采样）; 抽样分析：
bone marrow cells were sampled
对骨髓细胞进行了抽样分析
as adj., with submodifier (sampled) a survey of two hundred randomly sampled households.对随意抽样的200个家庭的调查。
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- try the qualities of (food or drink) by tasting it品尝, 试尝（食物或酒以了解其品质）。
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- get a representative experience of体验：
sample some entertaining nights out in Liverpool.
到利物浦体验几个令人愉快的夜晚。
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- Electronics ascertain the momentary value of (an analogue signal) many times a second so as to convert the signal to digital form【电子】确定（模拟信号）瞬时值。
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- record or extract a small piece of music or sound digitally for reuse as part of a composition or song数字乐曲采样（用数字技术录制或摘录一小段音乐或声音以便再用作乐曲或歌曲的一部分）。
词源
Middle English (as a noun)： from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French essample 'example'. Current senses of the verb date from the mid 18th cent.