| 释义 |
semen|ˈsiːmɛn, -ən|
[a. L. sēmen seed (of plants and animals), f. root *sē- (:*sa-) of serĕre to sow.]
1. The impregnating fluid of male animals; the seed or sperm.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. i. (1495) 743 The synewe..by the whyche semen sholde come downewarde to effecte of generacyon. 1725P. Dudley in Phil. Trans. XXXIII. 266 Some took it to be the true and proper Semen, being only found in the Bull [whale], at the Root of the Penis. 1880Günther Fishes 164 The mode of passage of the semen into the funnel is not known.
2. Comb., as semen bank, a store of semen which is kept available for artificial insemination.
1954Fertility & Sterility V. 28 A semen bank could be organized and maintained, with the same scientific attitude and spirit of research as is found in all other therapies for helping the infertile. 1972Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 10 June 40/3 Semen banks..are gaining popularity among vasectomy candidates as a solution to the irreversibility problem. |