rudiment 音标拼音: [r'udɪmənt]
n . 基础,入门,雏形,退化器官
基础,入门,雏形,退化器官
rudiment n 1 :
the elementary stages of any subject (
usually plural ); "
he mastered only the rudiments of geometry " [
synonym : {
rudiment },
{
first rudiment }, {
first principle }, {
alphabet }, {
ABC },
{
ABC '
s }, {
ABCs }]
2 :
the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life ; "
Meckel '
s diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac "
Rudiment \
Ru "
di *
ment \ (
r [
udd ]"
d [
i ^]*
ment ),
n . [
L .
rudimentum ,
fr .
rudis unwrought ,
ignorant ,
rude :
cf .
F .
rudiment .
See {
Rude }.]
1 .
That which is unformed or undeveloped ;
the principle which lies at the bottom of any development ;
an unfinished beginning .
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but I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit Those rudiments ,
and see before thine eyes The monarchies of the earth . --
Milton .
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the single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape . --
I .
Taylor .
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2 .
Hence ,
an element or first principle of any art or science ;
a beginning of any knowledge ;
a first step .
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This boy is forest -
born ,
And hath been tutored in the rudiments of many desperate studies . --
Shak .
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There he shall first lay down the rudiments Of his great warfare . --
Milton .
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3 . (
Biol .)
An imperfect organ or part ,
or one which is never developed .
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Rudiment \
Ru "
di *
ment \,
v .
t .
To furnish with first principles or rules ;
to insrtuct in the rudiments . --
Gayton .
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60 Moby Thesaurus words for "
rudiment ":
Anlage ,
base ,
basement ,
basic ,
basis ,
bearing wall ,
bed ,
bedding ,
bedrock ,
blastula ,
bud ,
egg ,
element ,
elements ,
embryo ,
fetus ,
floor ,
flooring ,
fond ,
footing ,
foundation ,
fundament ,
fundamental ,
fundamentals ,
germ ,
germen ,
grammar ,
ground ,
grounds ,
groundwork ,
hardpan ,
larva ,
loins ,
nucleus ,
nymph ,
ovum ,
part and parcel ,
pavement ,
principle ,
principles ,
radical ,
riprap ,
rock bottom ,
seat ,
seed ,
sill ,
solid ground ,
solid rock ,
spermatozoon ,
stereobate ,
stylobate ,
substratum ,
terra firma ,
underbuilding ,
undercarriage ,
undergirding ,
underpinning ,
understruction ,
understructure ,
zygote
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