单词 | ovum |
释义 | ovum (once / 3852 pages) n WORD FAMILY ovum: ova USAGE EXAMPLESIt may depend on how the separation looks, thinks Ovum analyst Matthew Howett. BBC(Nov 29, 2016) Women take a lot of responsibility for those six days, while the constant risk is not from their ova but from ever-ready sperm. The Guardian(Oct 28, 2016) The Switch could be Nintendo's "last shot" at selling a home console, said Paul Jackson, of the Ovum consultancy. BBC(Oct 26, 2016) n the female reproductive cell; the female gamete Syn|Hypo|Hyper egg cell egg animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds ootidmature ovum after penetration by sperm but before the formation of a zygote ovulea small or immature ovum nitegg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing spawnthe mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs roethe eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish silkworm seedeggs of a silkworm roeeggs of female fish gamete a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes |
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