procreation

FREQ #34037

n. 生产, 生殖 [医] 生殖, 生育

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词形变化

procreations 复数 procreations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind

    生殖

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  2. 2.

    The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring

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词汇关系

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同义词 3

breeding reproduction facts of life

上位词 2

sex sexual activity

下位词 6

generation multiplication propagation cross-breeding interbreeding miscegenation

相关短语

family of procreation families of procreation

词源

From Old French procreacion, from Latin prōcreātiō (“generation”), the noun of action from prōcreāre (“to bring forth”), itself from prō- (“forth”) + creāre (“to create”). First attested in c. 1386.

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