inseminate

vt. 播种, 栽植, 使受胎

发音

US /ɪnˈsɛmɪneɪt/

词形变化

inseminated inseminates 三单 inseminates inseminating inseminating 现在分词 inseminated 过去式 inseminated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To sow (to disperse or plant seeds).

  2. 2.

    To fill with one's semen.

  3. 3.

    To impregnate (to cause to become pregnant).

    引申义

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

sow fertilize fecundate fertilise

上位词 5

change seed alter sow modify

下位词 9

impregnate bang up cross-fertilise cross-fertilize cross-pollinate knock up pollenate pollinate stratify

近义相关 2

seed sow

词源

From Latin inseminatus, past participle of inseminare (“to sow”). See seminate.

来源：wiktionary