copulating

英 [ˈkɒpjuleɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˈkɑːpjuleɪtɪŋ]

v.  性交; 交媾; 交配; 交尾
copulate的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• V-RECIP 性交;交配;交尾
  If one animal or personcopulates withanother, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate.
  1. During the time she is paired to a male, the female allows no other males to copulate with her...
     雌性与雄性配对时，雌性不允许其他雄性与之交配。
  2. Whales take twenty-four hours to copulate.
     鲸交配需要24小时。

双语例句

• The male bird performs a sort of mating dance before copulating with the female
  这种雄鸟在与雌鸟交尾以前要跳一种交欢舞
• When the mature stallion without copulating smelled a mare, he will set a hot pursuit.
  当一匹没有交配过的成年公马嗅到母马的气息时，它会发出热烈的追求。
• If you guys are finished verbally copulating, we should get a move on.
  如果你们调完情了，我们就动身吧。
• Since he cannot be sure of paternity, the best he can do is prevent his mate from copulating with any other males.
  由于担心不能确保父子关系，对他来说，最好的办法就是防止配偶和他人交配。