embryo

1. em- "in" + bryein "swell, grow, be full" => embryon => embryo.
2. Greek embryon "a young one," in Homer, "young animal," later, "fruit of the womb," literally "something that grows inside the body".
3. The idea underlying embryo is of "growing inside the body".

embryo 胚胎

em-, 进入，使。- bryo, 膨胀，发芽，词源可能同breast, browse.

embryo

embryo: [16] The idea underlying embryo is of ‘growing within’. The word comes from Greek émbruon, a compound verb formed from the prefix en- ‘in’ and the verb brúein ‘swell, grow’, which meant literally ‘something that grows inside the body’. English acquired it via late Latin embryo.

embryo (n.)

"fetus in utero at an early stage of development," mid-14c., from Medieval Latin embryo, properly embryon, from Greek embryon "a young one," in Homer, "young animal," later, "fruit of the womb," literally "that which grows," from assimilated form of en "in" (see en- (2)) + bryein "to swell, be full."

1. The mother provides the embryo with nourishment and a place to grow.

母亲为胎儿提供营养和成长的空间。

2. These developments were foreseen in embryo more than a decade ago.

这些发展早在十多年前的萌芽阶段就已预见到。

3. It was an embryo idea rather than a fully worked proposal.

这只是初步的想法，并非成形的提议。

4. They are an embryo party of government.

他们这个政党有望组建政府，但目前还不成熟。

5. An eight-week-old embryo is only an inch long.

8星期大的胚胎只有一英寸长。