单词 | rudiment |
释义 | rudiment /rooh"deuh meuhnt/, n. 1. Usually, rudiments. a. the elements or first principles of a subject: the rudiments of grammar. b. a mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something: the rudiments of a plan. 2. Biol. an organ or part incompletely developed in size or structure, as one in an embryonic stage, one arrested in growth, or one with no functional activity, as a vestige. [1540-50; < L rudimentum early training, first experience, initial stage, equiv. to rudi(s) unformed, rough (see RUDE) + -mentum -MENT (-i- for -i- after verbal derivs.)] |
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