Sample

(noun.) a small part of something intended as representative of the whole.

(noun.) all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class.

(verb.) take a sample of; 'Try these new crackers'; 'Sample the regional dishes'.

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• In quality and tone it is a fair sample of British political thought in 1919. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This young Crown Prince was but a sample of the abounding upper-class youth of Germany in the spring of 1914. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• At the home I was guided to the library by an Irish servant-woman, to whom I communicated my knowledge of the definite locality of the sample joint. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• As a sample story of adventure, Mr. McGowan's narrative is a marvel fit to be classed with the historic journeyings of the greatest travellers. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Here is a sample: 'How must you spell honey to make it catch lady-birds? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The discreet Mr. Lorry said, in a sample tone of the voice he would recommend under the circumstances, How do you do, Mr. Stryver? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Paul would not stand any prolonged experience of this sort of dialogue I knew; but he certainly merited a sample of the curt and arid. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Would it be said, These cases are rare, and no samples of general practice? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• One of these samples tested out poorer than a previous lot furnished from the same factory. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• For instance, at the time when he was making strenuous endeavors to obtain copper wire of high conductivity, strict laboratory tests were made of samples sent by manufacturers. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Samples of pipes made by different ages and by different peoples would form a collection of wonderful art and ingenuity, second only to an exhibition of the means and methods of making them. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• There were samples of cheap clocks, and samples of cheap vases of flowers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But it is a pity, lad, he added, that you did not hang these four samples of the unwashed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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