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sam·ple /ˈsæmpəl/
示例,字樣樣品,標本(vt.)抽取樣品,嘗試
sam·ple /ˈsæmpəl/ 名詞
sample
樣本 抽樣
Sam·ple n.
1. Example; pattern. [Obs.] --Spenser. “A sample to the youngest.” --Shak.
Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight
His sample followed. --Fairfax.
2. A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.
I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss. --Woodward.
Syn: -- Specimen; example. See Specimen.
Sam·ple, v. t.
1. To make or show something similar to; to match.
2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.
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sample
n 1: a small part of something intended as representative of the
whole
2: items selected at random from a population and used to test
hypotheses about the population [syn: sample distribution,
sampling]
3: all or part of a natural object that is collected and
preserved as an example of its class
v : take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the
regional dishes" [syn: try, try out, taste]