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procreantn. procreator,generator,producer ofyoung,would-be copulator生殖者,生养者,生产幼儿(幼畜)者,将要交配者。 △Oth. 4. 2. 27 (28):“Leave procreantsalone,and shut the door;”让一对奸夫淫妇留下来,把门关上。
procreanta. assisting in begetting young,containing abrood有助于生养幼儿的,容纳一窝幼雏的。 procreant cradle: cradle for the birth of young育婴(雏)摇篮。 △Mac.1.6.6: “No jutty,frieze,/ But-tress,nor coign of vantage,but this bird / Hath madependent bed and procreant cradle.”凡是檐头、壁饰、拱柱,以及一切合适的角落,都有燕子在那里搭起吊床和育雏的摇篮。 |