synapsis
synapsis — 名詞
1. the pairing up of matching chromosomes, one from the mother and one from the fat
聯會
減數分裂時同源染色體配對靠攏
the pairing up of matching chromosomes, one from the mother and one from the father, side by side as a cell begins meiosis, a kind of cell division.
Niran's board drawing of a red and a blue chromosome made synapsis easy to follow.
Niran 在黑板上畫的一條紅色染色體和一條藍色染色體，讓聯會變得容易理解。
make + synapsis + easy to follow: the noun as object of make
On Sana's microscope slide, the chromosomes in the cell were undergoing synapsis.
在 Sana 的顯微鏡玻片上，細胞裡的染色體正在進行聯會。
undergo synapsis: verb + noun collocation
Before the test, Ramón reviewed synapsis and the other early steps of cell division.
考試前，Ramón 複習了聯會和細胞分裂的其他早期步驟。
review + synapsis: the noun as a topic being studied
- undergo synapsis
- chromosome synapsis
用法筆記
Distinguish from synapse, the point where one nerve cell passes signals to another; in this sense, synapsis is about chromosomes pairing inside a single cell.