"in the early stages of development," 1808, from Modern Latin germinalis "in the germ," from Latin germen (genitive germinis) "a sprout, bud, sprig, offshoot" (see germ).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Many small lymphocytes are destroyed and germinal centres depleted.
破壞了許多小淋巴細(xì)胞,使生發(fā)中心空虛.
來(lái)自辭典例句
2. The Wealth of Nations is the germinal book of modern economics or political economy.