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

A specimen is a sample of something, like a specimen of blood or body tissue that is taken for medical testing.

The noun specimen comes from the Latin word specere, meaning “to look.” Biologists collect specimens so they can get a better look at something to study it. The idea is that, with a good specimen, you can learn about an entire group: it's a good representation. That meaning is echoed in the slang use of specimen, a strong, healthy and attractive person.

WORD FAMILY

specimen: specimens

USAGE EXAMPLES

Then there’s the matter of illegally harvested and traded specimens.

The New Yorker(Jan 02, 2017)

Shimmering red specimens, streaming into the light: this is beautiful in an appalling way.

The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)

They collected specimens near One Tree Island in the Great Barrier Reef, off the northeast coast of Australia.

New York Times(Dec 28, 2016)

1n a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes

they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis

Hypo|Hyper

cytologic specimen

a specimen used for cytologic examination and diagnosis

cytologic smear, cytosmear, smear

a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

sample

all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class

2n an example regarded as typical of its class

Hyper

example, illustration, instance, representative

an item of information that is typical of a class or group

单词	specimen
释义	specimen (once / 195 pages) n A specimen is a sample of something, like a specimen of blood or body tissue that is taken for medical testing. The noun specimen comes from the Latin word specere, meaning “to look.” Biologists collect specimens so they can get a better look at something to study it. The idea is that, with a good specimen, you can learn about an entire group: it's a good representation. That meaning is echoed in the slang use of specimen, a strong, healthy and attractive person. WORD FAMILY specimen: specimens USAGE EXAMPLES Then there’s the matter of illegally harvested and traded specimens. The New Yorker(Jan 02, 2017) Shimmering red specimens, streaming into the light: this is beautiful in an appalling way. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) They collected specimens near One Tree Island in the Great Barrier Reef, off the northeast coast of Australia. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis Hypo\|Hyper cytologic specimen a specimen used for cytologic examination and diagnosis cytologic smear, cytosmear, smear a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope sample all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class 2n an example regarded as typical of its class Hyper example, illustration, instance, representative an item of information that is typical of a class or group
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