procreate

FREQ #34280

vt. 生, 生殖, 产生 vi. 生殖

发音

其它 /ˌpɹəʊkɹiˈeɪt/

词形变化

procreates 复数 procreated procreates 三单 procreates procreating procreating 现在分词 procreated 过去式 procreated 过去分词 more procreate 比较级 most procreate 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The produce of money, interest.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To beget or conceive (offsprings).

    生育

    生殖

    产生

    及物
  2. 2.

    To originate, create or produce.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To reproduce.

    不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Procreated, begotten.

    废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

multiply reproduce

上位词 2

make create

下位词 9

set cover hatch breed multiply brood propagate incubate fructify

词源

The adjective is first attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1525; inherited from Middle English procreat(e) (“(construed as past participle) begotten, procreated”), borrowed from Latin prōcreātus, perfect passive participle of prōcreō (“to beget”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3); by surface analysis, pro- + create. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

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