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

seminaladjective(IMPORTANT)

formal
containingimportantnewideasand having agreatinfluenceonlaterwork:
具有开拓性的；有深远影响的
Shewrotea seminalarticleon thesubjectwhile she was still astudent.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。
Heplayeda seminalrolein theformationof theassociation.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 cost(s)idiom
  • be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
  • chief
  • clutch
  • co-principal
  • life-and-death
  • life-changing
  • mainly
  • major league
  • make the world go around/roundidiom
  • meaningful
  • pressing
  • prized
  • prominent
  • radical
  • revalorization
  • revalorize
  • sacred
  • subtle
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seminaladjective(LIQUID)

[before noun]biologyspecialized
connectedwithsemen:
精液的
seminalfluid精液
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal reproduction
  • androgen
  • anti-oestrogen
  • asexuality
  • asexually
  • barrenness
  • calf
  • embryology
  • fertility
  • fertilize
  • fetal
  • incubate
  • infertile
  • procreation
  • procreative
  • propagation
  • rebreed
  • remate
  • reproductive
  • semen
  • spawning ground
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Animal physiology: bodily fluids & their production
(Definition ofseminalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

seminal| American Dictionary

seminal
adjective
us
/ˈsem·ə·nəl/
containingimportantnewideasthatinfluencelaterdevelopments:
"The Adventures of HuckleberryFinn" isregardedas a seminalworkof Americanliterature.
(Definition ofseminalfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofseminal

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