PolyDict.cc

    breed 的英语意思

    breedbreed1 /briːd/ verb (past tense and past participle bred /bred/) 查看全部语言翻译1[intransitive] if animals breed, they mate in order to have babies(指动物)为产生后代而交配繁殖:  Eagles breed during the cooler months of the year.鹰在一年中较凉爽的几个月里交配繁殖。2[transitive] to keep animals or plants in order to produce babies or new plants, especially ones with particular qualities饲养动物或培育植物以产生后代或新植株,尤指具有特定品质的个体:  These dogs were originally bred in Scotland to round up sheep.这些狗最初是在苏格兰培育的,用于驱拢羊群。 crossbreed1, purebred, thoroughbred3[transitive] to cause a particular feeling or condition引发某种特定的情感或状况:  Poor living conditions breed violence and despair.恶劣的生活条件滋生暴力与绝望。4[transitive] if a place, situation, or thing breeds a particular type of person, it produces that type若某地、某种情境或事物催生某类特定的人,即指其产生了那种类型的人:  Society’s obsession with sex has bred a generation of unhappy children.社会对性的痴迷已催生了不幸的一代儿童。 well-bred, → born and bred at born1(3)
    breedbreed2 noun [countable] 1a type of animal that is kept as a pet or on a farm作为宠物或在农场饲养的动物品种breed of Spaniels are my favourite breed of dog.长耳猎犬是我最喜欢的犬种。2a particular kind of person or type of thing特定类型的人或事物:  Real cowboys are a dying breed (=not many exist anymore).真正的牛仔是濒临消亡的一类人(=已所剩无几)。 Dodd was one of that rare breed (=there are not many of them) who could make the game of football look simple.Dodd 是那类罕见的人之一(=这样的人为数不多),能让足球比赛看起来轻而易举。breed of a new breed of international criminal新型国际罪犯