breed / brid /

⭐基础词汇育种繁殖培育饲养

breed3 个定义

v. 有主动词 verb

bred, breed·ing.

  1. to produce; procreate; engender.
  2. to produce by mating; propagate sexually; reproduce: Ten mice were bred in the laboratory.
  3. Horticulture. to cause to reproduce by controlled pollination.to improve by controlled pollination and selection.
v. 无主动词 verb

bred, breed·ing.

  1. to produce offspring: Many animals breed in the spring.
  2. to be engendered or produced; grow; develop: Bacteria will not breed in alcohol.
  3. to cause the birth of young, as in raising stock.
  4. to be pregnant.
n. 名词 noun
  1. Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
  2. lineage; stock; strain: She comes from a fine breed of people.
  3. sort; kind; group: Scholars are a quiet breed.
  4. Disparaging and Offensive. half-breed.

breed 近义词

n. 名词 noun

kind, class

v. 动词 verb

generate, bring into being

v. 动词 verb

raise, nurture

更多breed例句

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Scientists will have to look at the methylomes of different dog breeds to see if they differ.
  5. This mathematical exercise gives an objective and seemingly precise number for the genetic contribution from each breed.
  6. The attempt to “breed back” the Auroch of Teutonic legend was of a piece with the Nazi obsession with racial purity and eugenics.
  7. A male and female who do most of the mating dominate packs, and younger subordinates only breed occasionally.
  8. They seem to be a slightly different breed from those in New York or London.
  9. Perhaps, once in awhile, scarcity will breed rational thinking, too.
  10. And I am truly preserving something unique because those garments are like a dying breed.
  11. He was a new breed, that parson, a genuwine no-two-alike, come-one-in-a-box kind.
  12. 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.
  13. But such a thing as happened this morning must breed doubts and suspicions in a woman who has had the experience I have had.
  14. None breed, however, in Guernsey itself, or in any of the little rocky islands immediately surrounding it.
  15. It stays on through the winter, but never remains to breed as it does regularly at Lundy Island.