breed 英 [bri:d]   美 [brid]

breed

breed  英 [bri:d] 美 [brid]

v. 繁殖;饲养;孕育  n. 品种 

进行时:breeding  过去式:bred  过去分词:bred  第三人称单数:breeds  名词复数:breeds 

Many animals breed only at certain times of the year. 很多动物只在一年的某个时候交配繁殖。
The rabbits are bred for their long coats. 饲养兔子是为了获取它们的长毛。

  • To breed is to have babies, whether you’re a human or a hermit crab. A breed is also a specific type of a domesticated species, like a poodle or Great Dane.
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  • v. 繁殖;饲养;孕育
  • n. 品种
  • 1. Many animals breed only at certain times of the year.

    很多动物只在一年的某个时候交配繁殖。

  • 2. The rabbits are bred for their long coats.

    饲养兔子是为了获取它们的长毛。

  • 3. Nothing breeds success like success.

    一事成功万事亨通。

  • 4. Fear of failure was bred into him at an early age.

    他从小就养成了对失败的恐惧。

  • 5. Labradors and other large breeds of dog

    拉布拉多犬及其他大型品种狗

  • 6. He represents a new breed of politician.

    他代表着新一类的政治家。

  • breed (n.) "race, lineage, stock from the same parentage" (originally of animals), 1550s, from breed (v.). Of persons, from 1590s. Meaning "kind, species" is from 1580s.
  • breed (v.) Old English bredan "bring (young) to birth, procreate," also "cherish, keep warm," from West Germanic *brodjan (source also of Old High German bruoten, German brüten "to brood, hatch"), from *brod- "fetus, hatchling," from PIE root *bhreu- "to boil, bubble, effervesce, burn." The etymological notion is incubation, warming to hatch.
breed / briːd ; NAmE briːd / verb , noun breed breeds bred breeding verb ( bred , bred / bred ; NAmE bred / ) 1 [intransitive ] (of animals 动物 ) to have sex and produce young 交配繁殖 Many animals breed only at certain times of the year. 很多动物只在一年的某个时候交配繁殖。 see also interbreed 2 [transitive ] breedsth (for/as sth) to keep animals or plants in order to produce young ones in a controlled way 饲养,培育(动植物) The rabbits are bred for their long coats. 饲养兔子是为了获取它们的长毛。 collocationsat farming see also cross-breed , pure-bred , thoroughbred 3 [transitive ] breedsth to be the cause of sth 孕育;导致 Nothing breeds success like success. 一事成功万事亨通。 4 [transitive ,  usually passive ] breedsth into sb to educate sb in a particular way as they are growing up 以…方式教育;使养成 Fear of failure was bred into him at an early age. 他从小就养成了对失败的恐惧。 see also well bred IDIOMsee born v. , familiarity noun 1 a particular type of animal that has been developed by people in a controlled way, especially a type of dog, cat or farm animal 品种(尤指人工培育的狗、猫或牲畜) Labradors and other large breeds of dog 拉布拉多犬及其他大型品种狗 a breed of cattle/sheep 某个品种的牛/羊 2 [usually singular ] a type of person (人的)类型,种类 He represents a new breed of politician. 他代表着新一类的政治家。 Players as skilful as this are a rare breed. 如此有技巧的演奏者很少见。 breed / briːd ; NAmE briːd / bred / bred ; NAmE bred /
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