| 单词 | reproduction |
| 释义 | reproduction (once / 807 pages) 1n 2n 3n A reproduction of a painting is a copy of the original that looks just like it. The act of reproduction involves making copies or having babies. We won't get into the birds and the bees, but reproduction is the sexual activity of producing offspring, also known as procreation. But reproduction isn't just the act of making babies. It can involve making copies or replications. Similarly, a reproduction is an identical version of something, often artwork. There are many reproductions of Picasso's paintings but in every case, there is only one original and it's worth far more than all the copies combined. WORD FAMILYreproduction: reproductions+/reproduce: reproduced, reproducer, reproduces, reproducing, reproduction, reproductive/reproducer: reproducers/reproductive: reproductively USAGE EXAMPLESSeveral of the entries are reproductions of painterly originals, but the shiny surfaces are better suited to hard-edged images. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) Reproduction is complicated and messy and unpredictable, and every pregnancy, like every fetus and every baby, is different. Time(Dec 20, 2016) The stones I saw are a reproduction of the original. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1 1n the act of making copies Gutenberg's reproduction of holy texts was far more efficient Syn|Hypo|Hyper replication scanning the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission sound reproductionthe reproduction of sound hi-fi, high fidelitythe reproduction of sound with little or no distortion playbackthe act of reproducing recorded sound copying an act of copying 2n copy that is not the original; something that has been copied 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper replica, replication toy a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier) copy a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing 1n the process of generating offspring Hypo|Hyper agamogenesis, asexual reproduction reproduction without the fusion of gametes amphimixis, sexual reproductionreproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete anisogamy(biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size) apomixisany of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization blastogenesisasexual reproduction by budding buddingreproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent fissionreproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts fissiparityreproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish isogamy(biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of gametes of the same size and structure monogenesis, sporulationasexual reproduction by the production and release of spores parthenogenesis, parthenogeny, virgin birthhuman conception without fertilization by a man gemmation, pullulationasexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms 2n the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper breeding, facts of life, procreation crossbreeding, interbreeding, miscegenation reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) generation, multiplication, propagationthe act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production biogenesis, biogenythe production of living organisms from other living organisms sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice activities associated with sexual intercourse n recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall Syn|Hyper reproductive memory recall, recollection, reminiscence the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) |
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