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

• 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。
• A study on the mating season and the pattern of copulation behavior in Plateau Pika
  高原鼠兔交配期及交配行为模式的研究
• 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 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。
• 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 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• Studies on the reproduction of the oriental migratory locust: the physiological effects of castration and copulation
  东亚飞蝗生殖的研究：去势和交尾在生理上的效应