sam·ple /ˈsæmpəl/
 示例,字樣樣品,標本(vt.)抽取樣品,嘗試
 sam·ple /ˈsæmpəl/ 名詞
 sample
 樣本 SMPL
 sample
 樣本 抽樣
 Sam·ple n.
 1. Example; pattern. [Obs.] --Spenser. “A sample to the youngest.” --Shak.
 Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight
 His sample followed.   --Fairfax.
 2. A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.
    I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss.   --Woodward.
 Syn: -- Specimen; example. See Specimen.
 Sam·ple, v. t.
 1. To make or show something similar to; to match.
 2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.
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 sample
      n 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 [syn: sample distribution,
          sampling]
      3: all or part of a natural object that is collected and
         preserved as an example of its class
      v : take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the
          regional dishes" [syn: try, try out, taste]