copulation
英 [ˌkɒpjuˈleɪʃn]
美 [ˌkɑːpjuˈleɪʃn]
n. 交配；交尾；连结
复数：copulations
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.- 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。 - Whales take twenty-four hours to copulate.
鲸交配需要24小时。
- During the time she is paired to a male, the female allows no other males to copulate with her...
英英释义
noun
- the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman
双语例句
- Results Oncomelania hupensis hupensis's copulation behavior included calling and mating.
结果钉螺的交配行为可分为觅偶和求偶2个阶段； - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Observation on copulation and reproduction of Musca domestica
对家蝇交配与繁殖的观察 - 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 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。