释义
[ spes -uh -muh n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈspɛs ə mən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc.
(in medicine, microbiology, etc.) a sample of a substance or material for examination or study: a urine specimen; a tissue specimen.
a particular or peculiar kind of person.
Origin of specimen 1600–10; <Latin: mark, example, indication, sign, equivalent to speci-, stem of specere to look, regard + -men noun suffix denoting result or means
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synonym study for specimen 1 . See example.
Words nearby specimen specific rotation, specific urethritis, specific viscosity, specific volume, specify, specimen , specimen plant, speciosity, specious, specious present, speck
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Example sentences from the Web for specimen That gave participants an opportunity to try taxidermy without skinning the specimen , which some people find hard to stomach.
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The lab report came back showing the specimen was some kind of rotten meat.
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One day during his office hours, a female student asked him if he would agree to have a specimen studied in his laboratory.
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Officials there quickly handed over the specimen to Dutch authorities who have assumed investigative responsibility in this case.
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Anne Boleyn, second wife to Henry the VIII, is a specimen of speculation, admiration, and everything in between.
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In this second specimen the whole internal surface of the posterior cavity likewise differs to a certain extent in shape.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. | Charles Darwin
Our party made this specimen "hump himself," as the conductor said.
Roughing It | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
A specimen of each of the several species of bones now to be found, is to me the most desirable objects in natural history.
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. I (of 9) | Thomas Jefferson
It bears in my specimen of this age four fin-rays at its extremity, the anterior not being well marked.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland Balfour
The accompanying cut represents in part the head of a flea, and is annexed in order to give a specimen of a simple eye.
The Life of an Insect | Anonymous
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British Dictionary definitions for specimen noun an individual, object, or part regarded as typical of the group or class to which it belongs (as modifier ) a specimen signature ; a specimen page med a sample of tissue, blood, urine, etc, taken for diagnostic examination or evaluation
the whole or a part of an organism, plant, rock, etc, collected and preserved as an example of its class, species, etc
informal , often derogatory a person
Word Origin for specimen C17: from Latin: mark, evidence, proof, from specere to look at
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Words related to specimen exhibit, copy, variety, case, sort, embodiment, pattern, individual, illustration, instance, part, exemplar, representative, representation, model, type, species, unit, proof, sampling
Medical definitions for specimen n. A sample, as of tissue, blood, or urine, used for analysis and diagnosis.
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