单词 | non-sexually |
释义 | non-sexuallyadv. In a non-sexual manner; (Biology) asexually. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > [adverb] > absence of sex characteristics sexlessly1851 asexually1856 non-sexually1875 1875 Amer. Naturalist 9 53 Non-sexually propagated varieties, though not liable to change, may theoretically be expected to wear out. 1897 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24 184 One of these tuberiform branches..was planted in a pot..and watered carefully to determine whether these branches propagated the plant non-sexually. 1939 Q. Rev. Biol. 14 131/1 There is no adequate reason to assume that the rôle of sexual function outweighs either the nutritive or the non-sexually social. 1990 Publisher's Weekly 2 Nov. 12/3 The ALA complained that..the language [of the act] was so loose the requirements could be extended to non-sexually oriented materials. 1995 Science 24 Feb. 1079/3 KS [= Kaposi's sarcoma] is caused by a herpesvirus that may be transmitted both sexually and nonsexually. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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