to mate

基本解释

One day the wretched cat came into my room with a moth in its mouth. I thought it had knocked over the cage but it was still there, surrounded by male hawkmoths who had come for miles to mate.
有一天我看到这讨厌的猫嘴里叼着一只蛾子进了我的屋，我以为它把笼子打翻了呢，但是没有，笼子好好的，外面围满了从几英里外赶来交配的雄天蛾。
Low levels of mercury in the diet of male white ibises cause the birds to mate with each other rather than with females. As a result many of the females can't breed, and fewer chicks are produced.
雄白鹮因吃了含有少量汞的食物而改变性取向，不再与雌白鹮交配，导致为数不少的雌白鹮无法生育，后代数量持续下降。
Since females across species are often the choosier ones when it comes to mate selection, these differences in kissing behavior make sense.
其他物种亦是，雌性对伴侣的选择更加挑剔，这样看，接吻行为上的两性差异也就说得过去了。

The white heron smoothed its feathers and called to its mate, sitting on their nest in a nearby tree.
We need to merge,to mate the research with the practice.
我们需要将理论结合实践。
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In Genesis 6--I mean, the text you pointed out is a good one but even better, go look at Genesis 6 where you have these nephilim, these divine beings who descend to earth and they mate with female humans.
在《创世纪》的第六章，也就是你们指出来的很好的一章,去看，你们会看到这些伟大的神灵，这些神灵降临凡间，与人类女子结合。
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Time to mate nuclear warheads with Iran's growing arsenal of longer and longer range ballistic and cruise missiles.
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