virgin birth

短语

[医] 处女生殖, 孤雌生殖(植物)

词形变化

virgin births 复数 virgin births

别名

Virgin birth Virgin Birth

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis.

    可数 不可数 生物
  2. 2.

    (often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.

    可数 不可数 宗教
  3. 3.

    (often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.

    Any similar birth of a deity.

    可数 不可数 宗教
  4. 4.

    Childbirth in which the offspring is said to have been conceived without sexual intercourse.

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    Many religions and traditions have myths about a virgin birth.

    Oh, you never let the cat out? Then I suppose those kittens were a virgin birth.

  5. 5.

    Childbirth in which the mother conceived the child through artificial insemination.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

nativity parthenogenesis parthenogeny

上位词 2

agamogenesis asexual reproduction

词源

From virgin + birth.

来源：wiktionary