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
- 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。 - Experiment results is cue, that drinking magnetized water could significance improve fertility or procreate ability of ribbits.
结论：实验结果提示饮用磁处理水能显著提高家免的生殖能力。 - Did you know that the domestic turkey is unable to procreate naturally?
你们知道家养火鸡是不能自然繁殖的吗？ - 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。 - Every survivor gets a chance to procreate ( and it is important that procreation is never denied to a survivor, only made less likely if he is less fit).
每个幸存者都会有机会繁衍（重要的是任何幸存者都可能会繁衍，如果不太适应的话，仅仅是降低了可能性）。 - This is not entirely true, as some humans are gifted in many ways, but genetics is likely to emphasize one skill or the other as this sufficed to get the specimen to live long enough to procreate.
但这不完全正确，因为有些人在很多方面具有天赋，但基因有可能强调某一方面的技能，因为这样足以获得样本，并活到生育子女。 - Culture of spermatogenic cells in vitro is an important means in procreate develop.
生精细胞的体外培养是研究生殖发育的一个重要手段。 - We can so far take a prophetic glance into futurity as to foretell that it will be the common and widely-spread species, belonging to the larger and dominant groups within each class, which will ultimately prevail and procreate new and dominant species.
至今我们已可对未来投以先知性的一瞥，以至可以预告属于主要大群的普通而已广布的种将会优胜并产生新的主要的种。 - 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 - 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。