单词 | specimen |
释义 | specimen /spes"euh meuhn/, n. 1. a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc. 2. (in medicine, microbiology, etc.) a sample of a substance or material for examination or study: a urine specimen; a tissue specimen. 3. a particular or peculiar kind of person. [1600-10; < L: mark, example, indication, sign, equiv. to speci-, s. of specere to look, regard + -men n. suffix denoting result or means] Syn. 1. type, model, pattern. See example. |
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