embryonic
adjective /ˌembriˈɒnɪk/
/ˌembriˈɑːnɪk/
[usually before noun]- (formal) in an early stage of development
胚胎期的；萌芽期的；未成熟的 - The plan, as yet, only exists in embryonic form.
这个计划迄今为止还只是在酝酿之中。 - The project is still fairly embryonic.
该项目仍处于萌芽阶段。 - a policy which had existed in embryonic form as early as 1930
这一政策早在1930年就已初具雏形
- The plan, as yet, only exists in embryonic form.
- (specialist) of an embryo
胚的；胚胎的 - embryonic cells
胚胎细胞
- embryonic cells
词源mid 19th cent.: from late Latin embryo, embryon- ‘embryo’ + -ic.