| 单词 | in embryo |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin embryo b. in embryo: in a rudimentary or incipient stage of development. Cf. in (the) embryon at embryon n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > at the beginning [phrase] > in early stage embryon1581 in (the) embryon1607 in embryo1631 in the bud1677 in the gristle1775 1613 G. Wither Abuses Stript Epigr. ii. sig. V8 The want of Time, Encouragement and Art, My purpose in the Embrio still smothers.] 1631 J. Shirley Schoole of Complement i. i. 11 I will presently furnish my selfe with new lodgings, and expect to heare from me shortly my brane Delphicke, I haue it in Embrio, and I shall soone be deliuered. 1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 215 Let every skilfull Master..have a care not to let his works be seen in embrio. 1742 W. Shenstone School-mistress xxiii There a Chancellor in Embryo. 1776 S. J. Pratt Pupil of Pleasure (1777) I. 159 At present, this is only in embrio,..unformed, uningendered. 1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) III. xlii. 144 The indecent attempt to stifle this measure in embrio. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 130 The honourable Frederic G...was a diplomatist in embryo. 1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi (1870) i. 9 The Greek nation, as yet in embryo. 1908 G. G. Coulton Chaucer & his Eng. xiii. 171 The very fidelity with which the poet paints his own time shows us the Reformation in embryo. a1933 J. Galsworthy End of Chapter (1934) i. xiii. 113 Alan had the handy air of a best man in embryo. 2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Oct. 58/1 Hegel..is today..subjected to violent assaults as a Fascist in embryo. < as lemmas |
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