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

• So, interpopulational copulation does not mean sperm can be transferred successfully.
  所以，种间交配并不意味着能成功地进行精子传送。
• Copulation occurred mainly at 10:00-11:00 every day.
  交配行为主要发生在每天的10：00～11：00时；
• 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。
• Some male placoderm fossils show evidence of graspers that held the female fish during copulation.
  一些雄性盾皮鱼化石显示出在交配期间用来抓住雌鱼的紧握器的证据。
• Observation on copulation and reproduction of Musca domestica
  对家蝇交配与繁殖的观察
• Adults are active in daytime and copulation tookplace from evening to next early morning.
  成虫白天活动，黄昏时交尾，羽化多集中于凌晨。
• Study on the Change of Reproductive Hormones in Crab-eating Macaque after Copulation in Guangxi Area
  广西地区食蟹猴配种后主要生殖激素的变化
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。