It took277 trials and errors to produce Doily the sheep, creating a cellular body count that would look like sheer carnage if the cells were human. 研制绵羊多利,进行了277个实验,出了277个错误,才造出了一个单细胞个体。如果这些是人类细胞,则无异于大屠杀。
doily
[ noun ] a small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl <noun.artifact>
Doily \Doi"ly\, n. [So called from the name of the dealer.] 1. A kind of woolen stuff. [Obs.] ``Some doily petticoats.'' --Dryden.
A fool and a doily stuff, would now and then find days of grace, and be worn for variety. -- Congreve.
2. A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; -- commonly colored and fringed.