mating

英 [ˈmeɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˈmeɪtɪŋ]

n. 交尾; 交配
v. 交配; 交尾; 使交配
mate的现在分词

现在分词：mating　复数：matings　

TEM8 化学

BNC.16269 / COCA.12777

牛津词典

noun

交尾；交配
sex between animals
1. the mating season
  交配季节

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 伙伴，朋友(尤指男性之间)
You can refer to someone's friends as theirmates, especially when you are talking about a man and his male friends.
1. He's off drinking with his mates...
  他跟哥儿们出去喝酒了。
2. A mate of mine used to play soccer for Liverpool.
  我的一个朋友在利物浦队踢过球。
N-VOC (用于男性之间的称呼)老兄，老弟
Some men usemateas a way of addressing other men when they are talking to them.
1. Come on mate, things aren't that bad.
  别灰心，兄弟，事情没那么糟。
N-COUNT 配偶;性伙伴
Someone's wife, husband, or sexual partner can be referred to as theirmate.
1. He has found his ideal mate.
  他找到了理想的伴侣。
2. ...as women do become as powerful in the marketplace as their mates.
  随着女人在商界的确变得和男人一样强大
N-COUNT (动物的)配偶，交配对象
An animal'smateis its sexual partner.
1. The males guard their mates zealously.
  雄性动物死死地守护着他们的配偶。
V-RECIP 交配;交尾
When animalsmate, a male and a female have sex in order to produce young.
1. This allows the pair to mate properly and stops the hen staying in the nest-box...
  这样可以使这对公鸡和母鸡正常交配，让母鸡不再呆在鸡窝里。
2. They want the males to mate with wild females...
  他们希望这些雄性动物可以和野生的雌性动物交配。
3. It is easy to tell when a female is ready to mate.
  雌性动物何时准备交配一目了然。
4. ...the mating season.
  交配季节
N-COUNT (商船上的)大副；（亦指）船员
On a commercial ship,the mateorthe first mateis the most important officer except for the captain. Officers of lower rank are also calledmates.
1. ...the mate of a fishing trawler.
  拖网渔船上的大副
(美国海军的)军士
In the United States Navy, amateis a petty officer who has a particular set of skills and who assists a warrant officer.
(象棋中) 同 checkmate
In chess,mateis the same ascheckmate.
See also:cellmate classmate flatmate playmate roommate running mate schoolmate shipmate soul mate

英英释义

noun

the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
1. the casual couplings of adolescents
2. the mating of some species occurs only in the spring
Synonym:couplingpairingconjugationunionsexual union

双语例句

After mating the females lay their eggs, and both male and female die.
交配产卵后的女性，男性和女性死亡。
The mating patterns of elephants offer us key insights into family structures and life cycle behaviors.
大象交配的方式让我们可以了解到它的家庭结构和生活习性。
A reduced height wire to board connector assembly includes mating plug and receptacle connectors.
一种降低高度的线到板连接器组件，包括配合的插头连接器和插座连接器。
Owing to the male mating with female, species can be propagated.
雄与雌交配，物种因而得以延续繁殖。
In mating season, Chinese bee drone and Italian bee drone have the same mating tour time.
在交尾季节，中蜂雄蜂和意蜂雄蜂交尾出游时间相同。
Homeodomain proteins encoded by mating type genes in A locus are highly conserved among plant, animal and fungi.
交配型基因编码的同源结构域蛋白质在植物、动物和菌类中都具有广泛的保守性。
The seed plumpness, seed viability and germination ability of27 mating combinations were studied.
研究了27个鹅掌楸交配组合种子饱满度、生活力、发芽力等性状的变异。
Probably just deer. it's mating season and all.
有可能只是鹿，毕竟现在是交配季节。
That is because it breaks up optimal mating patterns.
那是因为它打破了理想的配偶模式。
Clean the exhaust manifold and cylinder head mating surfaces.
清洁排气歧管和汽缸头配合面。