reduplicate
verb /ˌriːˈdjuːplɪkeɪt/
/ˌriːˈduːplɪkeɪt/
[intransitive, transitive]动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they reduplicate | /ˌriːˈdjuːplɪkeɪt/ /ˌriːˈduːplɪkeɪt/ |
he / she / it reduplicates | /ˌriːˈdjuːplɪkeɪts/ /ˌriːˈduːplɪkeɪts/ |
past simple reduplicated | /ˌriːˈdjuːplɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˌriːˈduːplɪkeɪtɪd/ |
past participle reduplicated | /ˌriːˈdjuːplɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˌriːˈduːplɪkeɪtɪd/ |
-ing form reduplicating | /ˌriːˈdjuːplɪkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˌriːˈduːplɪkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- reduplicate (something/itself) to make a copy of something in order to form another of the same kind
复制;加倍 - These cells are able to reduplicate themselves.
这些细胞能自我复制。
词源late 16th cent.: from late Latin reduplicat-, ‘doubled again’, from the verb reduplicare, from re- ‘again’ + duplicare (from duplic- ‘twofold’, from duo ‘two’ + plicare ‘to fold’). - These cells are able to reduplicate themselves.