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.
实用例句
1. The reforms have been a seminal event in the history of the NHS.
这些改革已成为英国国民保健制度史上影响深远的一件大事。
来自辞典例句
2. The testis sacs communicate with the seminal vesicles.
精巢囊与储精囊相连.
来自辞典例句
3. The seminal fluid on the boy's underwear matches your pedophile.