copulate

verb

/ˈkɒpjuleɪt/

/ˈkɑːpjuleɪt/

[intransitive] (specialist)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they copulate	/ˈkɒpjuleɪt/ /ˈkɑːpjuleɪt/
he / she / it copulates	/ˈkɒpjuleɪts/ /ˈkɑːpjuleɪts/
past simple copulated	/ˈkɒpjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːpjuleɪtɪd/
past participle copulated	/ˈkɒpjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːpjuleɪtɪd/
-ing form copulating	/ˈkɒpjuleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːpjuleɪtɪŋ/

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copulate (with somebody/something) to have sex性交；交媾；交配；交尾
- Some animals perform elaborate mating rituals before they copulate.一些动物在交配前会进行复杂的交配仪式。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘join’): from Latin copulat- ‘fastened together’, from the verb copulare, from copula, from co- ‘together’ + apere ‘fasten’.

BNC: 23749 COCA: 25319

copulate

To have sex: sleep with, consummate, copulate...