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To inseminate is to put sperm into a woman or a female animal so that she may become pregnant. A doctor may inseminate a patient in a clinic. A farmer or a vet may inseminate a cow. The word is about getting the sperm there, not about the baby being born later. Though actually, ordinary people almost never say this at home. You meet it in medicine, farming, and biology. Sperm can arrive during sex, or a person can place it there on purpose with a tool. When people use inseminate by itself, they often mean that second, planned kind, because that is when you need a special verb. It is a serious hospital-and-farm word. It is not a joke word, and it is not meant to make anyone feel small. Use it in science class, not to tease.
授精、使受精（醫院與牧場常說「人工授精」）
組成From Latin inseminātus, from insemināre (“to sow”). By the pieces: in- (“into”) + the “sow / plant seed” part. The “seed” here is sperm.
同家族的字
- inseminationthe noun for this act
- semensame old “seed” root; the fluid that carries sperm
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
inseminateverb/ɪnˈsɛmɪneɪt/
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To sow (to disperse or plant seeds).
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To fill with one's semen.
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To impregnate (to cause to become pregnant).
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。