copulation
copulation 英 [,kɒpjʊ'leɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [,kɑpjə'leʃən]
n. 交配；交尾；连结
名词复数:copulations
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- n. 交配；交尾；连结
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1. They engage in mutual preening and even occasionally copulation, and, like female-male pairs, each year they raise a single chick.
它们互相梳妆打扮，甚至偶尔也会像异性伴侣那样交配，而且每年都会哺育一只小鸟。
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2. For example, a male is able to identify a female in estrus by compounds (pherimones) present in her urine and copulation will only be attempted during this time.
例如，一头公狼能够通过与一头发情期的母狼的尿液混合物辨别母狼，也只有在发情期才会与母狼交配。
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3. copulation could be used for alliance and protection among animals of the same sex.
交配可能被用来在同性当中进行联姻和保护物种。
- copulation (n.) late 14c., copulacioun, "a coupling, joining, uniting," from Latin copulationem (nominative copulatio) "a coupling, joining, connecting," noun of action from past-participle stem of copulare "join together, couple, bind, link, unite," from copula "band, tie, link" (see copulate). Specific sense of "sexual intercourse, coition" is from late 15c., and this became the main sense from 16c.
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