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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The couple who are both One-Child can procreate two children in most areas of China according Chinese population policy.
按照我国人口政策，大部分地区双方都是独生子女的夫妻可以生育两个子女。 - 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 comprehension and attitude about the sex in Achang society often mixed with the traditional idea of procreate.
阿昌族社会对于“性”的认知和态度往往与传宗接代的生殖观念糅合在一起。 - Such humans have multiplied and equate to60% of the current world population; such humans believe that the only purpose of life is to marry and procreate; or find preoccupations that entertain or make one wealthy.
这类人繁殖到占目前世界人口的60%；这类人相信生活的唯一目的就是结婚生子、或找到可以娱乐或让人富有的职业。 - For any living creature, the evolutionary game involves obtaining resources to live long enough to procreate and rear its young.
任何生物在进化过程中都需要获得资源，让自己生存得足够长，以便繁育后代。 - The Grand Masters chose to procreate but did not perceive what this would cause ahead.
最初的大头颅人类选择来（这样混血）繁衍后代，但是并没有觉察到会给未来带来什么。 - 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？