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

• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The reproductive system has a complex innervation concerned in copulation and oviposition.
  生殖系统有一个同交尾和产卵有关的复杂神经系统。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• The Animistic Belief of Taboo Seeing Animal Copulation and the Yi folk Ritual to Avoid Misfortune
  彝族民间忌见动物交配的泛灵信仰及其禳解仪式