| 单词 | clone |
| 释义 | clone (kloʊn ) Word forms: clones , cloning , cloned 1. countable noun If someone or something is a clone of another person or thing, they are so similar to this person or thing that they seem to be exactly the same as them. Tom was in some ways a younger clone of his handsome father. Designers are mistaken if they believe we all want to be supermodel clones. 2. countable noun A clone is an animal or plant that has been produced artificially, for example in a laboratory, from the cells of another animal or plant. A clone is exactly the same as the original animal or plant. 3. verb To clone an animal or plant means to produce it as a clone. The idea of cloning extinct life forms still belongs to science fiction. [VERB noun] Collocations: cloned embryo The advance reported today would make that possible without destroying the cloned embryo. Times, Sunday Times Would a court be able to forbid a couple who had a cloned embryo that was created for therapeutic purposes from implanting that embryo, should they wish to do so? The Scientist This energy will hopefully allow the cloned embryo to begin development. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Talent suggests that moral concerns might be put to rest through a possible future scientific breakthrough - replicating embryonic stem cells without the use of cloned embryos. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To create a clone, scientists take an egg from a live donor mare and replace the nucleus with that of the pony they want to clone. Times, Sunday Times It has been known for a developer to create a clone of one of their own games. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He takes his eyes and uses them to create a clone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I soon found out someone had created a clone account. The Sun This creates a clone of an existing network (you can't give the hotspot a separate name and password). Times, Sunday Times In theory, the embryo could also be grown into a living human clone of the donor, but scientists said there was no intention and no reasonable argument for doing so. Times, Sunday Times He points out that a human clone, while man-made, would not provide a very interesting example. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most researchers believe that in the foreseeable future it will not be possible to use the current cloning technique to produce a human clone that will develop to term. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ethicists have speculated on difficulties that might arise in a world where human clones exist. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 克隆, 克隆, 翻版 Japanese: クローン, クローンを作る, クローン |
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