母体

母體
mǔtǐ
noun #15,594

Meanings

  1. 1 mother's body
  2. 2 parent body
  3. 3 matrix
  4. 4 parent population (statistics)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tāi'ér zài mǔtǐ nèi fāyù.
The fetus develops inside the mother's body.
HSK 7-9
Zhèzhǒng huàhéwù shì cóng mǔtǐ jiégòu yǎnshēng chūlái de.
This compound is derived from the parent structure.

Tips

usage
Has different meanings in different fields: in biology/medicine = mother's body (母体健康 = maternal health); in chemistry = parent compound; in statistics = population (母体 vs 样本 = population vs sample).

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