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
Extra ExamplesTopics Biologyc1The 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- developing
- fertilized
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- create
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- develop
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a thing at a very early stage of development 胚；胚胎；（尤指受孕后八周内的）人类胚胎 the embryo of an idea 一种想法的雏形 an embryo central bank 初期的中央银行。
Word Originlate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek embruon ‘fetus’, from em- ‘into’ + bruein ‘swell, grow’.