specimen 音标拼音: [sp'ɛsəmən]
n . 样品,标本,试料
样品,标本,试料
specimen n 1 :
an example regarded as typical of its class 2 :
a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes ; "
they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis "
Specimen \
Spec "
i *
men \,
n . [
L .,
fr .
specere to look ,
to behold .
See {
Spy }.]
A part ,
or small portion ,
of anything ,
or one of a number of things ,
intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole ,
or of what is not exhibited ;
a sample ;
as ,
a specimen of a man '
s handwriting ;
a specimen of a person '
s blood ;
a specimen of painting ;
aspecimen of one '
s art .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
Syn :
Sample ;
model ;
pattern .
Usage : {
Specimen }, {
Sample }.
A specimen is a representative of the class of things to which it belongs ;
as ,
a specimen of photography .
A sample is a part of the thing itself ,
designed to show the quality of the whole ;
as ,
a sample of sugar or of broadcloth .
A cabinet of minerals consists of specimens ;
if a part be broken off from any one of these ,
it is a sample of the mineral to which it belongs . "
Several persons have exhibited specimens of this art before multitudes of beholders ." --
Addison . "
I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss ." --
Woodward .
[
1913 Webster ]
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "
specimen ":
case ,
case history ,
case in point ,
cross section ,
embodiment ,
example ,
exemplar ,
exponent ,
illustration ,
instance ,
little bite ,
little smack ,
model ,
pattern ,
piece ,
representation ,
representative ,
sample ,
sampling ,
sort ,
species ,
swatch ,
taste ,
taster ,
type ,
typification ,
variety
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