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词汇 seminal
释义 seminal
adjective
uk /ˈsem.ɪ.nəl/ us /ˈsem.ə.nəl/

seminaladjective (IMPORTANT)


formal
containing important new ideas and having a great influence on later work: 具有开拓性的;有深远影响的
She wrote a seminal article on the subject while she was still a student.她在学生时期就写了一篇有关该主题的文章,文章影响深远。
He played a seminal role in the formation of the association.他在协会的创立过程中起了奠基性作用。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Very important or urgent
all-important
at all costsidiom
be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
cardinally
chief
imperative
last
last but not leastidiom
leading
life-altering
life-and-death
overriding
primacy
primary
prime
principally
prior
tectonic
weightily
weighty

seminaladjective (LIQUID)


[ before noun ] biology specialized
connected with semen: 精液的
seminal fluid精液
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Animal reproduction
androgen
anti-oestrogen
asexuality
asexually
barrenness
calve
fertile
gamete
impregnate
out-reproduce
ovulate
panmictic
panmixia
procreate
procreation
procreative
rut
semen
spawn
sterile

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Animal physiology: bodily fluids & their production

seminal | American Dictionary


seminal
adjective
us/ˈsem·ə·nəl/
containing important new ideas that influence later developments:
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is regarded as a seminal work of American literature.

Examples of seminal


seminal
The other seminal development was an influx of ideas from informationprocessing theory and the new digital-computer metaphor.
Historically, chordopoxviruses have played a seminal part i n prophylactic medicine.
The vast majority of the experiments on auto- and allo-antigenicity of the seminal plasma have been focused on developing an autoimmune disease.
Considered separately, none of these points were 'seminal' at that time.
A gelatinous clear structure apposed to the lesser curvature of the seminal vesicles.
Still, due to different backgrounds and motivation, the seminal work done in these two places exhibits striking differences both in form and substance.
Should these developments actually occur, this book will be seen as seminal.
As with any seminal piece of research, the book leaves the reader with many questions and new ideas as well as some very solid data.
In the framework of this program, a topic is defined to be a seminal event or activity, along with all directly related events and activities.
Nevertheless, fecundation of females with degenerated ovaries had occurred since spermatozoids were found in nearly all seminal receptacles.
The male reproductive system was distinguished by the presence of testicular lobes, gynaecophoric canal and seminal vesicle (fig. 2).
The seminal receptacle closely posterior to the ovary, presented an increased size (fig. 1e) when compared to that observed in female controls (fig. 1b).
We attempt to go beyond their seminal contribution in three ways.
The seminal plasma was used in 1:100 dilution for the microbiological assays.
Seminal receptacle spherical to elongate, posterior to the ovary.
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