breed 的 3 个定义
bred, breed·ing.
- to produce; procreate; engender.
- to produce by mating; propagate sexually; reproduce: Ten mice were bred in the laboratory.
- Horticulture. to cause to reproduce by controlled pollination.to improve by controlled pollination and selection.
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bred, breed·ing.
- to produce offspring: Many animals breed in the spring.
- to be engendered or produced; grow; develop: Bacteria will not breed in alcohol.
- to cause the birth of young, as in raising stock.
- to be pregnant.
- Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- lineage; stock; strain: She comes from a fine breed of people.
- sort; kind; group: Scholars are a quiet breed.
- Disparaging and Offensive. half-breed.
breed 近义词
kind, class
generate, bring into being
raise, nurture
更多breed例句
- No, those dogs were trained to do that behavior, wouldn’t naturally have done that behavior, and there was nothing about the breed which is different.
- Holstein cattle, which almost always carry horned genes, are highly productive dairy cows, so using conventional breeding to introduce hornless genes from less productive breeds can compromise the Holstein’s productivity.
- Brazil’s herds are dominated by Nelore, a hardy breed that lacks the carcass and meat quality of breeds like Angus but can withstand high heat and humidity.
- Scientists will have to look at the methylomes of different dog breeds to see if they differ.
- This mathematical exercise gives an objective and seemingly precise number for the genetic contribution from each breed.
- The attempt to “breed back” the Auroch of Teutonic legend was of a piece with the Nazi obsession with racial purity and eugenics.
- A male and female who do most of the mating dominate packs, and younger subordinates only breed occasionally.
- They seem to be a slightly different breed from those in New York or London.
- Perhaps, once in awhile, scarcity will breed rational thinking, too.
- And I am truly preserving something unique because those garments are like a dying breed.
- He was a new breed, that parson, a genuwine no-two-alike, come-one-in-a-box kind.
- When Mac started Gregory back he told him that we would be along presently, then sat himself down on a rock and watched the breed.
- But such a thing as happened this morning must breed doubts and suspicions in a woman who has had the experience I have had.
- None breed, however, in Guernsey itself, or in any of the little rocky islands immediately surrounding it.
- It stays on through the winter, but never remains to breed as it does regularly at Lundy Island.