copulate
英 [ˈkɒp.jə.leɪt]
美 [ˈkɑː.pjə.leɪt]
- vi. 交配;交媾
- adj. 连接的;联合的;结合的
copulate 性交co-, 强调。ap-,连接,词源同apt,couple.
- copulate
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copulate: see couple
- copulate (v.)
- early 15c., "to join," from Latin copulatus, past participle of copulare "join together, couple, bind, link, unite," from copula "band, tie, link," from PIE *ko-ap-, from *ko(m)- "together" + *ap- (1) "to take, reach" (see apt). Sexual sense attested from 1630s. Related: Copulated; copulating.
- 1. Whales take twenty-four hours to copulate.
- 鲸交配需要24小时。
- 2. 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。
- 3. Then the hybrids are allowed to self - copulate naturally, and several lines are established.
- 然后让杂种天然自交, 这样就形成几个品系.
- 4. To copulate with ( a ewe ) . Used of a ram.
- 这母羊只产了一个羊羔.
- 5. I want all the kids to copulate me.
- 我想让所有的孩子都来和我交配.