英语词汇“clone”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

cloneclone1 /kloʊn/ ●○○ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYclone¹

Origin: 1900-2000 Greek klon small branch

1science, biology an exact copy of an animal or plant that has the same DNA as the original animal or plant, because it was produced from one cell of that animal or plant2a computer that is built as an exact copy of a more famous brand of computer → compatible: an IBM clone3informal someone or something that looks or seems extremely similar to someone or something else, especially someone famous: Three Britney Spears clones walked past me. [Origin: 1900–2000 Greek klon small branch]

noun | verb

cloneclone2 ●○○ verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

clone

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	clone
	he, she, it	clones
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	cloned
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have cloned
	he, she, it	has cloned
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had cloned
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will clone
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have cloned

Continuous Form
Present	I	am cloning
	he, she, it	is cloning
	you, we, they	are cloning
Past	I, he, she, it	was cloning
	you, we, they	were cloning
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been cloning
	he, she, it	has been cloning
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been cloning
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be cloning
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been cloning

1science, biology to make an exact copy of a plant or animal by taking a cell from it and developing it artificially2to copy the number of a cellular phone and then use that number on a different telephone so that the owner receives the telephone bill3to copy the information from the strip on a credit card or debit card and use it to make an illegal copy of the card