| 单词 | rudiment |
| 释义 | rudiment (once / 1181 pages) n Rudiment, usually used in the plural, means the basics. If you know the alphabet, you have the rudiments of reading at your disposal. You might learn the rudiments of cooking from your mother, but you won't become an expert until you spend time in your own kitchen. In biology, the word rudiment means an undeveloped part of an organ or limb, like you would find in an embryo or fetus. WORD FAMILYrudiment: rudimentary, rudiments+/rudimentary: rudimentarily USAGE EXAMPLESAnd, for all their unfamiliarity with geopolitics, they have grasped the rudiments of Russian capitalism. Economist(Oct 27, 2016) The volume’s Catawba Cobbler, reliant on pink wine, will be familiar, in its rudiments, to the frosé aficionado. The New Yorker(Sep 02, 2016) Nor would the campaign discuss with Politico, or with us, its intentions with regard to this rudiment of transparency. Washington Post(Aug 12, 2016) 1n the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural) he mastered only the rudiments of geometry Syn|Hyper ABC, ABC's, ABCs, alphabet, first principle, first rudiment basic principle, basics, bedrock, fundamental principle, fundamentals principles from which other truths can be derived 2n the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac Hyper body part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
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