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 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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