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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

breed

英  [briːd]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • breeds

    1. [C 可数名词] （动物的）品种

    A breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a breed of dog.

    双语例句

    例：

    rare breeds of cattle.

    稀有牛种。

    例：

    Certain breeds are more dangerous than others.

    某些品种要比其他品种更危险。

    VERB. 动词

  • breeds , breeding , bred

    1. [T 及物动词] 养殖

    If you breed animals or plants, you keep them for the purpose of producing more animals or plants with particular qualities, in a controlled way.

    双语例句

    例：

    He lived alone, breeding horses and dogs.

    他独自生活,养殖马和狗。

    例：

    He used to breed dogs for the police.

    他过去为警察部门养殖狗。

    例：

    These dogs are bred to fight.

    这些狗被培育为斗犬。

    2. [I 不及物动词] 繁殖

    When animals breed, they have babies.

    双语例句

    例：

    Frogs will usually breed in any convenient pond.

    青蛙通常在任何适宜的水塘里繁殖。

    3. [T 及物动词] 酿成（不良情绪或不良行为）

    If you say that something breeds bad feeling or bad behaviour, you mean that it causes bad feeling or bad behaviour to develop.

    近义词

    create

    双语例句

    例：

    If they are unemployed it's bound to breed resentment.

    他们的失业必然会导致负面情绪的产生。

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