clone

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /kləʊn/    美 /kloʊn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
    — This new species is a clone of the mimosa plant.
  2. A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.
    — […] each identified blastomere, and the clone of its descendant cells, plays a specific role in later development
  3. A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
    — The computer manufacturer produced IBM PC clones in the 1990s.
  4. A person who is exactly like or very similar to another person, in terms of looks or behavior. informal
    — Once, on a confident whim, I approached the group of popular girls in an attempt to broaden my circle. Their ringleader took one glance at my new Aeropostale T-shirt and whispered to her clones, “Yeah, Aero's definitely out now.”
  5. A Castro clone. slang
    — Some of me is clone, but a good part of me is still disco.
动词 v.
  1. To create a clone of. transitive
    — The scientists were able to clone a sheep.

词形变化

clones plural clon alternative,obsolete clones present,singular,third-person cloning participle,present cloned participle,past cloned past clon alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
agroclone binary clone clonability clonable clonal cloneable cloneless clonelike clonemate clone town clonewheel organ clonish clonism clonology clonotype Doom clone epiclone Euroclone Famiclone hemiclone holoclone IBM PC clone interclone meroclone microclone monoclone nonclone oligoclone paraclone PC clone Pikaclone polyclone protoclone re-clone snowclone subclone superclone teleclone

词源

词源 1
Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”). Figurative use from the 1970s.
词源 2
Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”). Figurative use from the 1970s.
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