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

• This is the law of him that hath the issue of seed, and that is defiled by copulation.
  这是有关因淋病，或遗精沾染不洁的人。
• The copulation had no influence on release and storage of sperm bundles.
  交配对精子束的释放和贮存无影响。
• 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；
• 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。
• This paper points out that the explanation on condition ( 2) about Hardy& Weinberg Law mentioned in passage is not true and proves that the gene frequency will stabilize even if the copulation of population individuals is alternative.
  本文指出了文献[1]中对哈迪&温伯格定律中的条件②的解释是错误的，并证明了即使种群中个体间的交配是有选择的，其基因频率仍将保持稳定这一结果。
• Observation on copulation and reproduction of Musca domestica
  对家蝇交配与繁殖的观察
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。