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procreate

/proh-kree-eyt/US // ˈproʊ kriˌeɪt //UK // (ˈprəʊkrɪˌeɪt) //

繁衍后代,生殖,生育,繁衍

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pro·cre·at·ed, pro·cre·at·ing.

    • : to beget or generate.
    • : to produce; bring into being.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pro·cre·at·ed, pro·cre·at·ing.

    • : to beget offspring.
    • : to produce; bring into being.

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Examples

  • The things they do to survive and procreate are so fantastical and magnificent that it develops a sense of awe that you’re surrounded by these real stories of wild animals that are far more radical than our wildest science fiction.

  • His rendering of a photorealistic portrait of Freeman was accomplished “using only a finger, an iPad Air, and the app Procreate.”

  • And no amount of married same-sexers can remotely be seen as threatening to those heteros who do wish to procreate.

  • Worn down by the rigors of slavery, the men lost their desire to procreate.

  • We had no strong desire to procreate, and no strong need to avoid it.

  • Where your value is determined by your willingness to procreate.

  • As Braunitsch had put it so succinctly, "Even the lowest worm can procreate itself—unfortunately."

  • Men cannot give birth to a child, nor can they suckle a child; they can only procreate children, or become fathers.

  • They will obey and procreate, though the heavens roll up as a scroll and all things come to judgment.

  • Natural inability at the time of the marriage to procreate children is a canonical disability.

  • Blondes ordinarily procreate blondes, and dark parents have dark-skinned children.