| 释义 |
inseminate —insemination, n. /in sem"euh nayt'/, v.t., inseminated, inseminating. 1. to inject semen into (the female reproductive tract); impregnate. 2. to sow; implant seed into. 3. to sow as seed in something; implant: to inseminate youth with new ideas. [1615-25; < L inseminatus ptp. of inseminare to implant, impregnate, equiv. to in- IN-2 + seminatus (equiv. to semina(re) to sow, deriv. of semen seed (cf. SEMEN) + -tus ptp. suffix)] |