Insemination is the act of putting sperm into a woman or a female animal so she can have a baby. It is the noun that belongs with the verb inseminate. The phrase you will meet most is artificial insemination: a doctor, a vet, or a farmer places the sperm there on purpose, in a hospital or on a farm.

Insemination is the act of putting sperm into a woman or a female animalInsemination指的是把精子放進女性或雌性動物體內的這個動作 so she can have a baby.好讓她能懷孕 It is the noun that belongs with the verb inseminate.它是動詞inseminate授精對應的名詞 The phrase you will meet most is artificial insemination:你最常會遇到的說法是artificial insemination人工授精 in a hospital or on a farm,在醫院或農場裡 a doctor, a vet, or a farmer places the sperm there on purpose.醫生、獸醫,或農夫,故意把精子放進去。

Though actually, students sometimes think insemination means pregnancy. It does not. Insemination is only the step of getting the sperm there. If it works, sperm and egg may join, and then a pregnancy may follow — those are later steps with their own names.

Though actually, students sometimes think insemination means pregnancy.不過,學生有時候會以為insemination的意思是懷孕 It does not.並不是 Insemination is only the step of getting the sperm there.Insemination只是「把精子送到那裡」這一個步驟而已 If it works, sperm and egg may join,如果成功了,精子和卵子可能會結合 and then a pregnancy may follow —接著才可能懷孕 those are later steps with their own names.那些是後面的步驟,各自有自己的名稱。

You will hear the word in clinics, on farms, and in biology class, not in casual talk.

You will hear the word in clinics, on farms, and in biology class,你會在診所、農場,還有生物課上聽到這個字 not in casual talk.不是在平常聊天裡。