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
3.all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class
1.take a sample of;
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Sample 來自古法語essample。Sample,specimen,example這三個名詞都有“樣子”,“樣品”的含義。sample 所表示的“樣品”指的是其它的都與這個“樣品”在質量、性質和設計上相同。例如推銷員持本廠的產品的“樣品”去推銷,或出版社要求你把自己的書稿寄去一個章節作“樣品”去評審是否有出版價值等。 經常會在CD,外貿服飾,當中出現。