ovulate
verb /ˈɒvjuleɪt/
/ˈɑːvjuleɪt/
[intransitive]动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they ovulate | /ˈɒvjuleɪt/ /ˈɑːvjuleɪt/ |
he / she / it ovulates | /ˈɒvjuleɪts/ /ˈɑːvjuleɪts/ |
past simple ovulated | /ˈɒvjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈɑːvjuleɪtɪd/ |
past participle ovulated | /ˈɒvjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈɑːvjuleɪtɪd/ |
-ing form ovulating | /ˈɒvjuleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈɑːvjuleɪtɪŋ/ |
- (of a woman or a female animal
) to produce an egg (called an ovum), from the ovary女性或雌性动物 排卵;产卵 词源late 19th cent.: back-formation from ovulation, or from medieval Latin ovulum ‘little egg’ (diminutive of ovum) + -ate.