late 14c., "of seed or semen," from Old French seminal (14c.) and directly from Latin seminalis, from semen (genitive seminis) "seed" (see semen). Figurative sense of "full of possibilities" is attested from 1630s. Related: Seminally; seminality.
雙語例句
1. The reforms have been a seminal event in the history of the NHS.
這些改革已成為英國國民保健制度史上影響深遠(yuǎn)的一件大事。
來自辭典例句
2. The testis sacs communicate with the seminal vesicles.
精巢囊與儲精囊相連.
來自辭典例句
3. The seminal fluid on the boy's underwear matches your pedophile.