mating

noun

1. 交尾；交配
   sex between animals
   1. the mating season
      交配季节

1. N-COUNT 伙伴，朋友(尤指男性之间)
   You can refer to someone's friends as their mates, especially when you are talking about a man and his male friends.
   1. He's off drinking with his mates...
      他跟哥儿们出去喝酒了。
   2. A mate of mine used to play soccer for Liverpool.
      我的一个朋友在利物浦队踢过球。
2. N-VOC (用于男性之间的称呼)老兄，老弟
   Some men use mate as a way of addressing other men when they are talking to them.
   1. Come on mate, things aren't that bad.
      别灰心，兄弟，事情没那么糟。
3. N-COUNT 配偶;性伙伴
   Someone's wife, husband, or sexual partner can be referred to as their mate .
   1. He has found his ideal mate.
      他找到了理想的伴侣。
   2. ...as women do become as powerful in the marketplace as their mates.
      随着女人在商界的确变得和男人一样强大
4. N-COUNT (动物的)配偶，交配对象
   An animal's mate is its sexual partner.
   1. The males guard their mates zealously.
      雄性动物死死地守护着他们的配偶。
5. V-RECIP 交配;交尾
   When animals mate, a male and a female have sex in order to produce young.
   1. This allows the pair to mate properly and stops the hen staying in the nest-box...
      这样可以使这对公鸡和母鸡正常交配，让母鸡不再呆在鸡窝里。
   2. They want the males to mate with wild females...
      他们希望这些雄性动物可以和野生的雌性动物交配。
   3. It is easy to tell when a female is ready to mate.
      雌性动物何时准备交配一目了然。
   4. ...the mating season.
      交配季节
6. N-COUNT (商船上的)大副；（亦指）船员
   On a commercial ship, the mate or the first mate is the most important officer except for the captain. Officers of lower rank are also called mates .
   1. ...the mate of a fishing trawler.
      拖网渔船上的大副
7. (美国海军的)军士
   In the United States Navy, a mate is a petty officer who has a particular set of skills and who assists a warrant officer.
8. (象棋中) 同 checkmate
   In chess, mate is the same as checkmate .
9. See also: cellmate classmate flatmate playmate roommate running mate schoolmate shipmate soul mate

1. Cases are known where trioecy or, more generally, heteroecy, provides for an optimal mating system.
   众所周知，单全异株，或者更通俗一些说，雌雄杂生为最适交配打下基础。
2. When mating, adult zebras use stripes to recognize members of their own species.
   在交配时，成年斑马则可以通过斑纹来识别自己的同类。
3. The researchers are now interested in whether piranhas vocalize during mating.
   研究人员现在研究，食人鱼在交配时是否发声。
4. Owing to the male mating with female, species can be propagated.
   雄与雌交配，物种因而得以延续繁殖。
5. Now join me in the mating dance of zion.
   现在和我一起跳来自锡安的舞蹈吧。
6. The kind of mating, using as one parent a known homozygous recessive, is called a testcross.
   这种杂交即利用一个已知的纯合的隐性作为一个亲本的杂交，称为测交。
7. That is because it breaks up optimal mating patterns.
   那是因为它打破了理想的配偶模式。
8. In promiscuously mating species, males compete with each other for mates to enhance their own reproductive success.
   杂交性物种在生殖周期中，雄性个体相互竞争交配雌性个体，以提高自己的生殖成功。
9. In mating season, Chinese bee drone and Italian bee drone have the same mating tour time.
   在交尾季节，中蜂雄蜂和意蜂雄蜂交尾出游时间相同。
10. Mosquitoes also use sound as a mating call.
    蚊子也用声音作为交配的呼唤。
11. This paper summarizes studies of special mating system, and of their reproductive strategy.
    本文对果蝠的婚配制度及繁殖策略进行了阐述。
12. Probably just deer. it's mating season and all.
    有可能只是鹿，毕竟现在是交配季节。
13. They first created inbred beetles by mating sisters with brothers for several generations.
    他们首先让兄弟姐妹之间进行交配，经过几代后创造出近亲繁殖的甲虫。
14. A mating dance has a female bird recovering from injuries after the couple slammed into a snowbank.
    在这对夫妇猛烈撞击了一个雪堤后，交配出一只从受伤中复原的雌鸟。
15. Underwater mating Kinematics Prototype development;
    水下对接；运动学；样机研制；
16. After mating the females lay their eggs, and both male and female die.
    交配产卵后的女性，男性和女性死亡。
17. Effects of Mating Experience and Temperature on Sex Pheromone Production in Female Black Cutworm Moths
    交配和温度对小地老虎雌蛾性信息素产生的影响
18. Clean the exhaust manifold and cylinder head mating surfaces.
    清洁排气歧管和汽缸头配合面。
19. The progresses in the evaluation of the genetic diversity of Chinese Oryza rufipogon and the research of its mating system were summarized.
    介绍了中国普通野生稻的分布和原地保护现状，综述了中国普通野生稻的遗传多样性评价和交配系统研究进展。
20. Disruptions in the mating patterns of several species of seabird have been reported across the globe.
    世界各地都出现了关于某些种类的海鸟交配模式被破坏的报道。
21. A reduced height wire to board connector assembly includes mating plug and receptacle connectors.
    一种降低高度的线到板连接器组件，包括配合的插头连接器和插座连接器。
22. The mating patterns of elephants offer us key insights into family structures and life cycle behaviors.
    大象交配的方式让我们可以了解到它的家庭结构和生活习性。
23. The study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding ( especially as applied to human mating).
    为改进遗传品质的饲养选择的方法研究，特别是对人类的。
24. Homeodomain proteins encoded by mating type genes in A locus are highly conserved among plant, animal and fungi.
    交配型基因编码的同源结构域蛋白质在植物、动物和菌类中都具有广泛的保守性。
25. Slewing bearings are generally bolted directly to their mating components.
    回转支承一般螺栓直接与他们交配的组件。
26. Farmers keep trying to produce better cattle by mating their strongest bulls with their healthiest cows.
    农民们一直在想让最壮的公牛和最健康的母牛交配以生产更好的牛。
27. These two blue herons were performing their mating dance before they mated.
    照片中的两只蓝鹭正在跳着它们交配前的舞蹈。
28. Did I mention it's mating season?
    我有提到过配对季节到了吗？
29. In the future, if I have any questions about mating behavior, I'll Know where to go.
    以后如果我有什么关于交配的问题，我知道去找谁了。
30. The seed plumpness, seed viability and germination ability of27 mating combinations were studied.
    研究了27个鹅掌楸交配组合种子饱满度、生活力、发芽力等性状的变异。

noun

1. the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
   1. the casual couplings of adolescents
   2. the mating of some species occurs only in the spring

   Synonym:    couplingpairingconjugationunionsexual union