sam‧ple 1 S3 W2 / sɑmp ə l $ sæm- / 名词 [可数名词]

1 a small part or amount of something that is examined in order to find out something about the whole

sample of

I’d like to see some samples of your work.

They took a blood sample to test for hepatitis.

2 a small amount of a product that people can try in order to find out what it is like

sample of

samples of a new shampoo

3 a small group of people who have been chosen from a larger group to give information or answers to questions :

The sample consisted of 98 secondary school teachers.

Out of a random sample of drivers, 21% had been in an accident in the previous year.

a nationally representative sample of over 950 elderly persons

4 a small part of a song from a CD or record that is used in a new song :

Her latest album makes extensive use of samples from a wide range of acid jazz tracks.

COLLOCATIONS

NOUN + sample

a blood/urine/tissue etc sample He compared the samples with a blood sample from Mr Green.

a water/soil etc sample They analysed soil samples collected from streams.

a DNA sample Archaeologists are studying DNA samples from ancient Egyptian mummies.

动词

take/collect a sample The study took samples from workers at four nuclear plants.

give/provide a sample He said he had once fainted when giving a sample of blood.

analyse/test a sample All the samples were tested for bacteria.