copulating是什么意思？

copulating

• v. 性交，交配，交尾( copulate的现在分词 )；

例句

• To prototype, the Xunwu has a copulating of turtle and snake. 原型意义而言, 玄武含有龟蛇交尾与蛇体自环的意义.
• 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.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• V-RECIP
  性交;交配;交尾
  If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate.
  例句
  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。 Whales take twenty-four hours to copulate. 鲸交配需要24小时。