Word · Frequency #17733
spawning
产卵；繁殖
the process by which something spawns
- 1.
The process by which something spawns.
某物产生的过程。
某物产生的过程。
In use
The spawning of trout usually happens in early spring.
Pollution can disrupt the spawning of many fish species.
Scientists recorded the first spawning of the year in the bay.
the spawning of [noun]
spawning 作名词表示“产卵、繁殖”的过程，常用 the spawning of ... 引出产生者。
The spawning of these fish happens in spring.
这些鱼的产卵发生在春天。
during spawning
during spawning 中 spawning 前不加冠词，表示“在产卵过程中”。
Please avoid the area during spawning.
产卵期间请避开该区域。
Common mistakes
The fish's spawn happens in spring.The fish's spawning happens in spring.
名词 spawn 指鱼卵或精液，不指产卵的过程；表示“产卵、繁殖过程”时应用名词 spawning，与动词 spawn 对应。
The fish are doing spawning in this river.The fish are spawning in this river.
表达动作“产卵”要用动词 spawn（不及物），而不是“do + 名词 spawning”。英语中表示过程的名词一般不与 do 搭配来表示该动作，应使用对应的动词形式。
Connections
Collocations
- spawning season
- 产卵季节
- Salmon return to freshwater during the spawning season.鲑鱼在产卵季节回到淡水中。
- spawning ground
- 产卵场
- These wetlands are important spawning grounds for frogs.这些湿地是青蛙重要的产卵场。
- spawning migration
- 产卵洄游
- The dam blocks the spawning migration of the eels.大坝阻断了鳗鱼的产卵洄游。
- spawning behavior
- 产卵行为
- Spawning behavior in this species is rarely observed.这个物种的产卵行为很少被观察到。
- spawning site
- 产卵地点
- Pollution may destroy the spawning sites of many fish.污染可能会破坏许多鱼类的产卵地点。
- spawning period
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象鲑鱼逆流而上产卵，河床满是鱼卵：spawning 就是大量产生、产卵的过程。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：生物学或生态学论述、计算机技术文档 该词作名词时多用于生物学、生态学等书面或技术性描述，表示产卵或繁殖的过程；在计算机领域也可指进程的生成，整体属于中性偏正式的用法。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 spawning /ˈspɔːnɪŋ/ 同韵的词有 awning /ˈɔːnɪŋ/ 和 yawning /ˈjɔːnɪŋ/，都以 /ɔːnɪŋ/ 结尾。拼写上的相似词 pawn、lawn、dawn、drawn 都含有 awn，但发音只到 /ɔːn/，没有后面的 /ɪŋ/，不构成整词同韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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