名詞 embryo:

1. (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
2. an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
   同義詞：conceptus, fertilized egg

1. The development and growth of an embryo.
   胚胎發(fā)生胚胎的發(fā)展與生長
2. A developmental disorder in an embryo.
   胚胎病胚胎發(fā)育的紊亂
3. The plans are still in embryo.
   計劃仍在醞釀中。

em.bry.o

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 em.bry.os

An organism in its early stages of development, especially before it has reached a distinctively recognizable form.
胚胎：有機體的發(fā)育早期階段，尤指還未長成獨立的可分辨的形狀
An organism at any time before full development, birth, or hatching.
胎：指有機體在完全發(fā)育、出生或孵出之前的任何階段

The fertilized egg of a vertebrate animal following cleavage.
胚胎：卵裂后的脊椎動物的受精卵
In human beings, the prefetal product of conception from implantation through the eighth week of development.
胎兒：指人類從受孕到生長八周期間的胎兒
Botany The minute, rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium.
【植物學(xué)】 胚芽：小的，初級的植物包含有一個種子或頸卵器
A rudimentary or beginning stage:
雛形，萌芽：一個基本的或開始的階段：
例句：
.To its founding fathers, the European[Economic] Community was the embryo of the United States of Europe. (Economist)
.對于它的創(chuàng)立者，歐洲［經(jīng)濟］ 共同體就是歐洲聯(lián)邦的雛形. (經(jīng)濟學(xué)家)

來源：
Medieval Latin embryô
中世紀拉丁語 embryô
from Greek embruon
源自 希臘語 embruon
en- [in] * see en- 2
en- [在…里] *參見 en-2
bruein [to be full to bursting]
bruein [盈滿而將要爆發(fā)]