跟我背cet4核心词汇011: breed
breed
难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词
基本释义
v.繁殖；养育；引起，产生；教养
n.品种；血统
双语释义
v.(动词)
vt. & vi. 生育; 繁殖 give birth to young; reproduce
vt. 饲养,培养 keep animals, plants, etc.
vt. 引起,招致 cause (an undesirable condition or feeling) to develop; produce
同义词
n. half-breed，stock，strain
v. cover，engender，multiply，spawn
参考例句
1. they breed longhorns on the ranch.
他们在饲养场饲养长角牛。
2. what breed is your dog?
你的狗是什麽品种的？
3. rabbits breed quickly.
兔子繁殖快。
1.n-count a breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. for example, terriers are a breed of dog. (动物的) 品种
例：...rare breeds of cattle.
…稀有牛种。
2.v-t 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. 养殖
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。
3.breeding n-uncount 养殖
例：there is potential for selective breeding for better yields.
以优产为目的的精选养殖是有潜力的。
4.v-i when animals breed, they have babies. 繁殖
例：frogs will usually breed in any convenient pond.
青蛙通常在任何适宜的水塘里繁殖。
5.breeding n-uncount 繁殖
例：during the breeding season the birds come ashore.
在繁殖期鸟儿们上岸。
6.v-t if you say that something breeds bad feeling or bad behaviour, you mean that it causes bad feeling or bad behaviour to develop. 酿成 (不良情绪或不良行为)
例：if they are unemployed it's bound to breed resentment.
如果他们失业了,一定会酿成怨恨。
7. see also breeding
常见用法
用作动词 (v.)
wild animals don't breed well in captivity.
野生动物圈养时不好繁殖。
how often do lions breed?
狮子多长时间产一次仔?
i breed some chicks for pets.
我养了一些小鸡当宠物。
spartan youths were bred as warriors.
斯巴达青年被培养成战士.
用作名词 (n.)
spaniel is a breed of dog with large ears.
西班牙猎狗是一种长着大耳朵的猎狗。
his horse is of the best breed.
他的马是最好的品种。
the islanders are a strong breed of people.
这些岛上的居民是一种体格强壮的人。
my mother told me a story about an almost vanished northern breed.
妈妈跟我讲了个几近灭绝的北方种族的故事。