embryo

名词 embryo:

1. (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
2. an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
   同义词：conceptus, fertilized egg

1. The development and growth of an embryo.
   胚胎发生胚胎的发展与生长
2. A developmental disorder in an embryo.
   胚胎病胚胎发育的紊乱
3. The plans are still in embryo.
   计划仍在酝酿中。

em.bry.o

n.（名词）
【复数】 em.bry.os

An organism in its early stages of development, especially before it has reached a distinctively recognizable form.
胚胎：有机体的发育早期阶段，尤指还未长成独立的可分辨的形状
An organism at any time before full development, birth, or hatching.
胎：指有机体在完全发育、出生或孵出之前的任何阶段

The fertilized egg of a vertebrate animal following cleavage.
胚胎：卵裂后的脊椎动物的受精卵
In human beings, the prefetal product of conception from implantation through the eighth week of development.
胎儿：指人类从受孕到生长八周期间的胎儿
Botany The minute, rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium.
【植物学】 胚芽：小的，初级的植物包含有一个种子或颈卵器
A rudimentary or beginning stage:
雏形，萌芽：一个基本的或开始的阶段：
例句：
.To its founding fathers, the European[Economic] Community was the embryo of the United States of Europe. (Economist)
.对于它的创立者，欧洲［经济］ 共同体就是欧洲联邦的雏形. (经济学家)

来源：
Medieval Latin embryô
中世纪拉丁语 embryô
from Greek embruon
源自 希腊语 embruon
en- [in] * see en- 2
en- [在…里] *参见 en-2
bruein [to be full to bursting]
bruein [盈满而将要爆发]