动物克隆

動物克隆
dòngwù kèlóng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 animal cloning

Examples

HSK 7-9
Dòngwù kèlóng jìshù zài yīxué yánjiū zhōng yǒu zhòngyào yìngyòng.
Animal cloning technology has important applications in medical research.
HSK 7-9
Kèlóng yáng Duōlì shì dòngwù kèlóng shǐ shàng de lǐchéngbēi.
Dolly the cloned sheep is a milestone in the history of animal cloning.

Tips

culture
克隆 is a phonetic loanword from English "clone" (cf. the older calque 无性繁殖). The 1996 birth of Dolly the sheep (多利) made 克隆 a household word in Chinese; since 2017 China has also led cloned primate research (克隆猴 "中中" and "华华").

Stroke Order

dòng
lóng