self-pollination

IPA/ˌself.pɒl.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
IPA/ˌself.pɑː.ləˈneɪ.ʃən/

self-pollination — 名詞

1. the way a plant makes seeds using its own pollen, which lands either back on the

1.名詞C1
釋義

自花授粉

花粉落在同株花朵上而結子的過程

the way a plant makes seeds using its own pollen, which lands either back on the very flower it came from or on a different bloom of that same plant, rather than pollen carried in from elsewhere

例句

The biology teacher showed Anong how a pea plant relies on self-pollination.

生物老師向 Anong 示範豌豆是如何依靠自花授粉的。

subject is a plant species; uncountable noun for a process

Many tomato flowers complete self-pollination before the petals even open in the morning.

許多番茄花在清晨花瓣還沒打開前，就已完成自花授粉。

collocation: complete / undergo self-pollination

常見搭配
  • rely on self-pollination
  • undergo self-pollination
  • capable of self-pollination
同義詞
  • selfing

    informal term used by plant breeders for the same process

反義詞

用法筆記

Almost always uncountable and used with definite or zero article. Contrast with cross-pollination, where pollen comes from a separate plant.

常見錯誤

The flower did a self-pollination.
The flower relied on self-pollination.
it names a process, so use it without 'a'.

同根字

  • self-pollinate
    動詞C1
  • self-pollinating
    形容詞C1
  • pollen
    名詞B2
  • pollinate
    動詞B2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • self-pollination rate
  • self-pollination process

常用片語

  • capable of self-pollination
  • rely on self-pollination

介系詞搭配

  • through self-pollination
  • by self-pollination