seminal
adjective /ˈsemɪnl/
/ˈsemɪnl/
- (formal) very important and having a strong influence on later developments
（对以后的发展）影响深远的，有重大意义的 - a seminal work/article/study
有巨大影响的著作／文章／研究 - His book on social policy proved to be seminal.
他关于社会政策的书证明是开创性的。
- a seminal work/article/study
- [usually before noun] (specialist) of or containing semen
精液的；含精液的 - seminal fluid
精液
- seminal fluid
词源late Middle English (in sense (2)): from Old French seminal or Latin seminalis, from semen ‘seed’. Sense (1) dates from the mid 17th cent.