clone

noun

/kləʊn/

(biology) 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
(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.卡罗琳的兄弟们在她身边微笑，他们都是父亲的克隆人。
(computing) 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.一旦发现 PC 克隆版同样出色，公司就节省了大量资金。
Topics Computersc2

Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Greek klōn ‘twig’.

verb

/kləʊn/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they clone	/kləʊn/ /kləʊn/
he / she / it clones	/kləʊnz/ /kləʊnz/
past simple cloned	/kləʊnd/ /kləʊnd/
past participle cloned	/kləʊnd/ /kləʊnd/
-ing form cloning	/ˈkləʊnɪŋ/ /ˈkləʊnɪŋ/

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
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）

Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Greek klōn ‘twig’.