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clone

noun
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  1. (biology生物) a plant or an animal that is produced naturally or artificially from the cells of another plant or animal and is therefore exactly the same as it克隆动物（或植物）；无性繁殖动物（或植物）；复制动物（或植物）Topics Biologyc1
  2. (sometimes disapproving) a person or thing that seems to be an exact copy of another好像一模一样的人；复制品；仿造品；翻版
    • Caroline’s brothers grinned alongside her, clones of their father.卡罗琳的兄弟们和她的父亲的克隆人一起笑了。
  3. (computing计算机) a computer that is a copy of another more expensive model好像一模一样的人；复制品；仿造品；翻版
    • Once they found that the PC clones were just as good, companies saved a lot.一旦他们发现PC克隆产品同样出色，公司就节省了很多。
    4. Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Greek klōn ‘twig’.

clone

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they clone
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he / she / it clones
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past simple cloned
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past participle cloned
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-ing form cloning
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  1. clone something to produce an exact copy of an animal or a plant from its cells以无性繁殖技术复制；克隆
    • A team from the UK were the first to successfully clone an animal.英国的一个小组率先克隆动物成功。🔊🔊
    • Dolly, the cloned sheep复制羊多利
    Topics Biologyc1
  2. clone something to illegally make an electronic copy of stored information from a person’s credit card or mobile phone so that you can make payments or phone calls but the owner of the card or phone receives the bill 非法复制，克隆（复制他人信用卡或手机的存储信息，从而使卡主或机主付费）
    3. Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Greek klōn ‘twig’.