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

• 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。
• On close observation, these lovers in amorous copulation are in fact both Chi Peng.
  观众仔细观察后会发现，这些正在享受性爱的恋人们其实都是迟鹏自己。
• The grass grows and the horse is ruttish, how reasonable the natural is in turn. The copulation in mule market has become the common thing.
  草长马发情，这种自然界的交替是多么合乎情理。骡马市上的交配也就成了情理之事。
• 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。
• During copulation, the substance of MAG is mixed with sperm from testis, and reached the ejaculatory duct, and transferred to the females body through the aedeagus, influenced the reproductive behavior of female.
  交配过程中，MAG分泌物和精子在射精管中混合，通过阳茎导入到雌虫生殖道内，影响雌虫的生殖行为和生理。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Tests show that spermatophore is not produced by the male during copulation.
  试验表明交尾时雄虫不产生精包。