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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

样本

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yàngběn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sample/ˈsæm.pəl/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #850 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"公司给我们寄来了他们新产品的样本。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like.

    "The company provided a sample of their new product for customers to try."
As verb
  1. 1

    To take a sample from something.

    "The researchers will sample the water from various locations to test for pollutants."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'sample', an aphetic form of Old French 'essample', meaning example or pattern. This ultimately traces back to Latin 'exemplum', from the root of 'eximere' (to take out). Over time, the meaning evolved from a general moral or illustrative example to specifically denote a representative part selected for analysis.

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