an individual animal, plant, piece of a mineral, etc. used as an example of its species or type for scientific study or display 标本;样本 ■an example of something such as a product or piece of work, regarded as typical of its class or group 样品 ■a sample for medical testing, especially of urine 抽样(尤指尿样) ■(informal)used to refer humorously to a person or animal (非正式, 幽默)人;动物 in her he found himself confronted by a sorrier specimen than himself. 在她身上,他发现他遇到了一个比自己更不幸的人。
语源
early 17th cent. (in the sense 'pattern, model'): from Latin, from specere 'to look'