replicate ['rep.lɪ.keɪt] verb transitive formal ■to make or do something again in exactly the same way 使复现;重复;复制•Researchers tried many times to replicate the original experiment.研究者们作了很多次努力,试图重复这一实验。 intransitive or transitive specialized ■If organisms and genetic or other structures replicate, they make exact copies of themselves 再造;再生;自我复制•Chromosomes replicate before cells divide and multiply.染色体自我复制后,细胞便开始分裂、繁殖。 •[R] Computer viruses replicate themselves and are passed along from user to user.电脑病毒自我复制并从一个用户的电脑传到另一个用户的电脑上。 |