1903, in botany, from Greek klon "a twig, spray," related to klados "sprout, young branch, offshoot of a plant," possibly from PIE root *kel- (1) "to strike, cut" (see holt). Figurative use by 1978.
clone (v.)
1959, from clone (n.). Related: Cloned; cloning. Extension to genetic duplication of animals and human beings is from 1970.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Tom was in some ways a younger clone of his handsome father.
湯姆某些地方長(zhǎng)得和他那帥氣的父親一模一樣,只是年輕一些。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. A team from the UK were the first to successfully clone an animal.
英國(guó)的一個(gè)小組率先克隆動(dòng)物成功。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. At the outset they must contain several ramets of every selected clone.