copulation

英 [ˌkɒpjuˈleɪʃn]

美 [ˌkɑːpjuˈleɪʃn]

n.  交配；交尾；连结

复数：copulations　

医学

BNC.23748 / COCA.24488

柯林斯词典

• V-RECIP 性交;交配;交尾
  If one animal or personcopulates withanother, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate.
  1. During the time she is paired to a male, the female allows no other males to copulate with her...
     雌性与雄性配对时，雌性不允许其他雄性与之交配。
  2. Whales take twenty-four hours to copulate.
     鲸交配需要24小时。

英英释义

noun

• the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman
  Synonym:sexual intercourseintercoursesex actcoituscoitionsexual congresscongresssexual relationrelationcarnal knowledge

双语例句

• And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
  人若梦遗，他必不洁净到晚上，并要用水洗全身。
• The nuptial gift behavior was observed and the females consume the offering of the males during copulation.
  观察到了雄虫的献礼行为，雌虫边取食边交配。
• However, the hairs on or in the male terminaliae may be of importance in copulation.
  但是，尾器的感觉毛数量多、分布广，可能在完成交配行为中具有重要意义。
• Minimus was developed to22 generations by artificial copulation, meanwhile its ecological characteristics were observed too in laboratory.
  用人工交配法，在室内饲养繁殖微小按蚊至22代，同时对微小按蚊生态习性作了一些观。
• A study on the mating season and the pattern of copulation behavior in Plateau Pika
  高原鼠兔交配期及交配行为模式的研究
• Deterministic behavior models on copulation, spawning and environmental selection of artificial fish are built.
  建立了人工鱼产生交配欲望、产卵和环境选择等预定义行为的认知模型。
• It dawned on me after studying the specimen that this was the earliest evidence of vertebrates having sex by copulation – not just spawning in water, but sex that was fun, said Prof Long.
  在对样本进行研究后，我意识到，这是脊椎动物交配的最早证据&不仅仅是在水中产卵，乐趣的是性行为，朗表示。
• Behavior ecological study on copulation and oviposition of Apis cerana cerana Fab
  中华蜜蜂交配和产卵行为生态学研究
• But copulation experience did not affect the host-locating and host-examining time.
  交配与否不影响雌蜂用于搜寻寄主和检验寄主的时间。
• Observation on copulation and reproduction of Musca domestica
  对家蝇交配与繁殖的观察