procreate
英 [ˈprəʊkrieɪt]
美 [ˈproʊkrieɪt]
v. 繁殖; 生育; 生殖
现在分词：procreating 过去式：procreated 第三人称单数：procreates 过去分词：procreated
BNC.44852 / COCA.29588
同义词辨析
breedmultiplyprocreate【导航词义：繁殖】
breedv. 繁殖
〔辨析〕
只限于指动物交配繁殖；也可指饲养、培育动植物。
〔例证〕
Some animals breed very fast.
一些动物繁殖速度非常快。
Many families in the town become rich after they began to breed cattle and pigs.
饲养牛和猪以后，镇上的很多家庭都致富了。
一些动物繁殖速度非常快。
Many families in the town become rich after they began to breed cattle and pigs.
饲养牛和猪以后，镇上的很多家庭都致富了。
multiplyv. （使）繁殖
〔辨析〕
通常指动植物或微生物繁殖。
〔例证〕
Long-time exposure to the damp environment multiplies the bacteria in food rapidly.
长时间放置在潮湿的环境中使食物中的细菌迅速繁殖。
Rabbits multiply very fast.
兔子繁殖非常迅速。
长时间放置在潮湿的环境中使食物中的细菌迅速繁殖。
Rabbits multiply very fast.
兔子繁殖非常迅速。
procreatev. 〈正式〉生育，生殖
〔辨析〕
指人或动物繁育后代。
〔例证〕
They care about nothing except procreating.
他们关心的只是传宗接代。
Experts are doing research on animals' power to procreate their species.
专家正在研究动物繁衍后代的能力。
他们关心的只是传宗接代。
Experts are doing research on animals' power to procreate their species.
专家正在研究动物繁衍后代的能力。
牛津词典
verb
- 繁殖；生育；生殖
to produce children or baby animals
柯林斯词典
- VERB 生育；生殖
When animals or peopleprocreate, they produce young or babies.- Most young women feel a biological need to procreate.
大多数的年轻妇女都有生儿育女的生理需要。
- Most young women feel a biological need to procreate.
英英释义
verb
- have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
- The Bible tells people to procreate
双语例句
- Study on Procreate Characteristic and the Conditions of Embryo Cultivate in Early-bearing Walnut
早实核桃生殖特性及胚培养条件研究 - The reason for not fully colonizing a planet is that you want the colonists to procreate for as long as possible.
不要把殖民卫星完全殖民化的原因是你希望殖民者可以尽可能的繁殖。 - The right of procreation is a right conferred by law to the married people and other women to decide whether to procreate and how to procreate.
生育权是已婚夫妻和其他妇女依法所享有的决定是否生育以及如何生育子女的人身权。 - Menopause syndrome is a common disease which occurs during the interim from procreate phase to agedness phase.
更年期综合征为妇女由生育期向老年阶段过渡时期的常见病、多发病。 - It should be recognized by law when citizens adopt modern techniques to realize their procreate rights.
公民采用现代技术手段实现其生育权时，应得到法律的认可。 - It show one varieties has different resistance in different procreate stage.
这说明，同一品种的早熟禾在不同生育期的抗旱能力有可能不同。 - If anyone'll procreate with you, which I doubt.
我在怀疑还有没有人愿意替你生孩子。 - Research by two Kansas State University psychologists in 2011 found that the urge to procreate often known as baby fever is strongest in women at younger ages, and decreases as they age.
2011年堪萨斯州立大学两名心理学家所做的研究发现，女人们想要生孩子的冲动也就是人们平常所熟知的孩子狂热症在年轻的时候最强，随着年龄的增加而减弱。 - Why are young Japanese so loth to procreate?
那么，为何日本的年轻人不愿意生育子女呢？ - But he spent years denying that he was the father, going so far as to swear in a court document he was, sterile and infertile, and as a result, did not have the physical capacity to procreate a child.
他很多年都否认自己是父亲，甚至在法庭文件中发誓：自己没有生育能力，所以，从生理上讲不可能有一个孩子。