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clone verb
⇨ produce produce verb produce ♦︎ have ♦︎ give birth ♦︎ breed ♦︎ clone ♦︎ reproduce ♦︎ bearThese words all mean to grow sth as part of a natural process, or to have a baby or young animal. 这些词均表示长出、出产、繁育。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to produce / breed / clone sth from sth◆to produce / have / give birth to / bear a / an child / son / daughter / heir◆to produce / have / give birth to a baby / litter◆to breed / clone animals◆to produce / bear fruit◆to produce sth / breed / clone sth / reproduce successfully■ produce [transitive] (rather formal) to grow or make sth as part of a natural process; to have a baby or young animal 长出；出产；繁育◆The fruit and vegetables are all produced locally.水果和蔬菜都是当地产的。◆These shrubs produce bright red berries.这些灌木结鲜红的浆果。◆Our cat produced a litter of kittens last week.上星期我们的猫生了一窝小猫。◆Her duty was to produce an heir to the throne.她的任务就是生育王位继承人。ⓘ When it is used to talk about having a baby, produce suggests a lack of emotion in the speaker. It is used especially when people are talking about having a son who will inherit an important position. 用produce表示生育时，意味着说话人缺乏情感，尤指生育某一重要位置的继承人。■ have (has, had, had) [transitive] to produce a baby or young animal 生，生产（小孩或小动物）◆She's going to have a baby.她快生孩子了。◆Our cat has just had five kittens.我们的猫刚刚生了五只小猫。■ give ˈbirth idiom (gave, given) (rather formal) to produce a baby or young animal 生，生产（小孩或小动物）◆She died shortly after giving birth.她产后不久就去世了。◆Mary has given birth to a healthy baby girl.玛丽刚生了一个健康的女婴。NOTE 辨析 Have or give birth? Have is the most usual verb to use when a woman or animal produces a baby or young animals; it can be used in a general way about the process of being pregnant and then giving birth. Give birth is used to talk about the actual act of making a baby come out of your body. 表示女人或动物产子，最常用的动词是have，可以统指整个怀孕和生产的过程。give birth指分娩◆She's going to have a baby (= she is pregnant).她快生孩子了。◆She is about to give birth (= the baby is in the process of being born).她即将临产。◆She died shortly after giving birth (= within a few hours of the baby being born).她分娩完没几个小时就去世了。◆She died shortly after having a baby (= within a few days or weeks).她生完孩子没多少日子就去世了。 ■ breed (bred, bred) [intransitive, transitive](of animals) to have sex and produce young; to keep animals in order to produce young ones in a controlled way （动物）交配繁殖；饲养◆Many animals breed only at certain times of the year.许多动物一年中仅在某些时候交配繁殖。◆The rabbits are bred for their long coats.饲养兔子是为了获取它们长长的皮毛。 see also breed ⇨ keep 4 ■ clone [transitive] (technical 术语) to produce an exact copy of an animal or plant from its cells （以无性繁殖技术）复制；克隆◆A team from the UK were the first to successfully clone an animal.一个英国的研究团队首次成功地克隆了动物。◆They produced Dolly, the cloned sheep.他们复制出了多利，即那只克隆羊。■ reproduce /ˌriːprəˈdjuːs; NAmE ˌriːprəˈduːs/ [intransitive, transitive] (rather formal or technical 术语) (of animals, plants or cells) to produce new animals, plants or cells （动物、植物或细胞）繁殖，生育◆Most reptiles reproduce by laying eggs on land.大部分爬行动物在陆地产卵繁殖。◆These cells reproduce themselves every twenty minutes.这些细胞每二十分钟自我繁殖一次。▸ reproduction noun [uncountable] ◆sexual reproduction有性生殖■ bear (bore, borne) [transitive] (formal or literary) to give birth to a child; to produce flowers or fruit 生（孩子）；开（花）；结（果实）◆She was not able to bear children.她不能生育。◆She had borne him six sons.她为他生了六个儿子。◆These trees take a long time to bear fruit.这些树要很长时间才结果实。 |