英语词汇“seminal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Call something seminal when it's so original, so groundbreaking and awesome that it will influence everything that comes after it. Picasso produced more than a few seminal works of art, for example.

Technically, seminal means something related to semen or seeds. But these days people more often use the word to describe something that plants the seed for creative growth. An innovative piece of music or literature, a fresh new idea, or an invention that changes everything could each be called seminal. Synonyms include critical, fundamental, original, and primary.

WORD FAMILY

seminal: seminally

USAGE EXAMPLES

But his seminal achievement came in the area of biostatistics.

The Guardian(Nov 29, 2016)

We do that today by producing powerful plays that explore a seminal moment or political figure in American politics.

Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016)

Detailed and lucid accounts of seminal texts highlight the variety of Jewish experience.

New York Times(Nov 23, 2016)

1adj containing seeds of later development

seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another

Syn

germinal, originative
original

being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of

2adj pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen

seminal fluid

单词	seminal
释义	seminal (once / 7392 pages) adj Call something seminal when it's so original, so groundbreaking and awesome that it will influence everything that comes after it. Picasso produced more than a few seminal works of art, for example. Technically, seminal means something related to semen or seeds. But these days people more often use the word to describe something that plants the seed for creative growth. An innovative piece of music or literature, a fresh new idea, or an invention that changes everything could each be called seminal. Synonyms include critical, fundamental, original, and primary. WORD FAMILY seminal: seminally USAGE EXAMPLES But his seminal achievement came in the area of biostatistics. The Guardian(Nov 29, 2016) We do that today by producing powerful plays that explore a seminal moment or political figure in American politics. Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016) Detailed and lucid accounts of seminal texts highlight the variety of Jewish experience. New York Times(Nov 23, 2016) 1adj containing seeds of later development seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another Syn germinal, originative original being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of 2adj pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen seminal fluid
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