多利 (Duō lì) — Dolly (1996–2003), the first cloned mammal, a f…

Definition

noun

Dolly (1996–2003), the first cloned mammal, a female sheep cloned from an adult somatic cell

多利。
Duō lì Shì shì jiè shàng dì yī zhī kè lóng yáng.
Dolly is the first cloned sheep in the world.
多利1996。
Duō lì Yú 1996 nián chū shēng zài sū gé lán.
Dolly was born in Scotland in 1996.
多利。
Duō lì De dàn shēng yǐn fā le guān yú kè lóng jì shù de guǎng fàn tǎo lùn.
Dolly's birth sparked extensive discussion about cloning technology.

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

The characters 多 and 利 carry no meaning of their own here; together they spell the English name Dolly.

Sound-only characters

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

多 originally showed two pieces of meat placed together; the repeated meat shape gives the sense of many.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

利 combines 禾 (grain) and 刀 (knife), showing a knife used to cut grain.

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