1 an example of a particular type of thing, especially intended to be studied by experts or scientists (可代表某类事物的)标本,样本,样品(尤指供专家或科学家研究的)
2 a small amount of sth that is tested for medical or scientific purposes (用作化验或研究的)标本,抽样:
Specimens of the patient's blood were tested in the hospital laboratory.病人的血样在医院化验室作了化验。 [SYN] sample 同义词为sample
specimen/ˋspɛsəmən; ˈspesəmən or ˈspesImIn/n [C] 1 a small amount of something that you take so that you can test or examine it〔用于测试或检验的〕样品﹐样本﹐标本: a blood specimen 血样+of a specimen of her clothing 她衣服的样本2 a single example of something〔事物的一个〕实例
specimenspecimenspecimensnoun1one example of a group of things: specimens of different types of rock2a small amount or part of something that shows what the rest is likesame meaningsample: The doctor took a specimen of blood for testing.