英语词汇“sire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sire

(sīr)

1. A biological father.

a. The male parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal.

b. The plant or gamete responsible for fertilizing an ovule that develops into a seed.

3. Archaic A male ancestor; a forefather.

4. Archaic A gentleman of rank.

5. Archaic Used as a form of address for a superior, especially a king.

tr.v. sired, sir·ing, sires

1. To be the biological father of (a child).

2. To be the male individual or gamete producing (an animal's offspring or a plant's seed) through sexual reproduction: the boar that sired the litter; pollen grains siring seeds.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *seior, from Latin senior, older, comparative of senex, old; see sen- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	sire
释义	sire (sīr) n. 1. A biological father. 2. a. The male parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal. b. The plant or gamete responsible for fertilizing an ovule that develops into a seed. 3. Archaic A male ancestor; a forefather. 4. Archaic A gentleman of rank. 5. Archaic Used as a form of address for a superior, especially a king. tr.v. sired, sir·ing, sires 1. To be the biological father of (a child). 2. To be the male individual or gamete producing (an animal's offspring or a plant's seed) through sexual reproduction: the boar that sired the litter; pollen grains siring seeds. [Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin seior, from Latin senior, older, comparative of senex*, old; see sen- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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