| 单词 | experimental |
| 释义 | experimental (once / 754 pages) adj The adjective experimental is good for describing things that are still in a trial stage. An experimental drug is usually tested in a lab for years before being used on patients. Something that's experimental is at an early stage, being observed, tested out, and subjected to experiments as it's being developed. An experimental space craft might be launched and watched from afar as scientists decide what changes to make before it can be used for human space exploration. Experimental medicines are sometimes tested on animals before they're given to people. The 15th century meaning was "having experience," from the Latin root experimentum, "test or trial." WORD FAMILYexperimental: experimentalism, experimentally+/experiment: experimental, experimentation, experimented, experimenter, experimenting, experiments/experimentation: experimentations/experimenter: experimenters USAGE EXAMPLES“But I’m agog at how little he cares about storytelling conventions, like suspense and reveals. He’s ultimately more experimental than I am.” The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) We do think it’s very important that experimental music and challenging music is released. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) Seattle Genetics Inc. said four leukemia patients died in clinical trials of an experimental treatment, prompting the U.S. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) 1adj of the nature of or undergoing an experiment an experimental drug Syn empiric, empirical derived from experiment and observation rather than theory 2adj relating to or based on experiment experimental physics 3adj relying on observation or experiment experimental results that supported the hypothesis Syn data-based, observational empiric, empirical derived from experiment and observation rather than theory |
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