Germinal

['dʒɜːmɪn(ə)l] or ['dʒɝmənl]

解释:

(noun.) seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds.

(adj.) containing seeds of later development; 'seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another' .

埃琳娜整理--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle.

(n.) The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See VendEmiaire.

录入:凯思琳

解释:

n. the seventh month of the French revolutionary calendar March 21-April 19.

富兰克林校对