A1 [ C or U ] the oval object with a hard shell that is produced by female birds, especially chickens, eaten as food(食用的)蛋(尤指鸡蛋)
[ C ] an object that is made in the shape of a bird's egg蛋状物
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Mix the butter with the sugar and then add the egg.
Crack three eggs into a bowl and mix them together.
Could you get me half a dozen eggs when you go to the shop?
We had bacon and eggs for breakfast.
I like eggs lightly cooked so that the yolk is still runny.
B2 [ C ] an oval object, often with a hard shell, that is produced by female birds and particular reptiles and insects, and contains a baby animal that comes out when it is developed(鸟类的)卵,蛋
[ C ] a cell produced by a woman or female animal from which a baby can develop if it combines with a male sex cell卵,卵子;卵细胞
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Once an egg is fertilized by the sperm, it becomes an embryo.
An attempt to implant an embryo using an egg from an anonymous woman donor was unsuccessful.
Genes determine how we develop from the moment the sperm fuses with the egg.
A blackbird's egg is blue with brown speckles on it.
In human reproduction, one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.
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