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

• 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；
• Observation on copulation and reproduction of Musca domestica
  对家蝇交配与繁殖的观察
• The copulation in mule market has become the common thing.
  骡马市上的交配也就成了情理之事。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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