rudiment
英 ['ruːdɪm(ə)nt]
美['rʊdəmənt]
	    - n. 雏形;基本原理
 
英英释意
- 1. the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural);
 - "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"
 
- 2. the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life;
 - "Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac"