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fertilization

/fur-tl-uh-zey-shuhn/US // ˌfɜr tl əˈzeɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌfɜːtɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən) //

受精,施肥,受精作用,受孕

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act, process, or instance of fertilizing.
    • : the state of being fertilized.
    • : Biology. the union of male and female gametic nuclei.fecundation or impregnation of animals or plants.
    • : the enrichment of soil, as for the production of crops.

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Examples

  • The sperm can’t make the journey on its own, and the real story of fertilization involves two reproductive systems working together.

  • So researchers’ ability to retrieve and prepare this scarce resource for fertilization, and if necessary preserve the eggs through freezing, have all been crucial in assisting reproduction.

  • Scientists have known for some time that human eggs undergoing in vitro fertilization could be genetically altered.

  • Later this year, the startup also plans to begin offering embryo testing, which will involve extracting a few cells from embryos created by in vitro fertilization, sequencing their DNA, and generating similar risk reports.

  • That moment is called gastrulation, and for humans, it occurs about two weeks after egg and sperm meet in fertilization.

  • Or are they used in an evolutionary battle of the sexes over who has the last say in fertilization?

  • Fertilization rates and implantation rates were similar—about 35 percent.

  • But the cross-fertilization of advertising and art also worked the other way.

  • "The females are enormously, amazingly successful at preventing fertilization by forced copulation," he said.

  • And it would incite fierce resistance from those who believe life begins at fertilization.

  • In the flower where the father and mother part matures at the same time, self-fertilization is the rule.

  • The fertilization and growth of plants are regarded as processes resembling the procreation of man.

  • They are easily worked and very quickly respond to fertilization and thorough cultivation.

  • This embryo is the product of fertilization of a germinal vesicle by a pollen tube.

  • In the second class, if we count conjugation as a simple form of fertilization, there are only two types of reproductive methods.