foetus

IPA/ˈfiːtəs/
IPA/ˈfiːtəs/

foetus — 名詞

  • foetussingular
  • foetusesplural

1. a human or animal that is still growing inside its mother's body, once it has be

1.名詞C1
釋義

胎兒

已形成主要器官的未出生人類或動物

a human or animal that is still growing inside its mother's body, once it has begun to form organs like a heart, brain, and limbs — usually from about the eighth week of pregnancy in humans.

例句

Mizuki saw her foetus on the ultrasound screen during her twelve-week scan.

Mizuki 在十二週產檢時，從超音波螢幕上看到了自己的胎兒。

common context: ultrasound scan + week count

By twenty weeks, the foetus can usually hear sounds from outside the mother's body.

到了二十週，胎兒通常已經可以聽見母親身體外面的聲音。

typical pattern: by [N] weeks, the foetus + ability verb

常見搭配
  • developing foetus
  • viable foetus
  • harm the foetus
  • the foetus's heartbeat
  • the foetus's growth
同義詞
  • fetus

    American English spelling of the same word

  • unborn baby

    everyday phrase; warmer and less clinical, used by parents and in news writing

  • embryo

    earlier stage of development; in humans, before about eight weeks, when organs are only just beginning to form

反義詞
  • newborn

    a baby that has just been born, no longer inside the mother

文法句型

a/the foetus

foetus + of [number] weeks

用法筆記

British spelling; American English uses 'fetus'. Mostly used in medical, scientific, or formal writing — in everyday speech a pregnant person is more likely to say 'the baby'.

常見錯誤

Élise is pregnant with a foetus.
Élise is pregnant.
speakers don't normally say someone is pregnant 'with a foetus'; the word belongs to medical or technical contexts.
The fetus kicked for the first time.' (in a UK textbook)
The foetus kicked for the first time.
keep spelling consistent with the variety of English used in the document.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • foetus heartbeat
  • foetus development
  • foetus position

常用片語

  • developing foetus
  • viable foetus
  • the health of the foetus

介系詞搭配

  • of [a species]