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breed
briːd brid
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense breeds, present participle breeding, past tense , past participle bred
1 N-COUNT （宠物或牲畜的）种，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. （宠物或牲畜的）种，品种

  • ...rare breeds of cattle. [+ of]

    稀有品种的牛

  • Certain breeds are more dangerous than others.

    某些品种比其他品种更危险。

SYN variety, family, line, sort
2 VERB 饲养；培育 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. 饲养；培育

  • He lived alone, breeding horses and dogs. [VERB noun]

    他独自一人生活，饲养马匹和狗。

  • He used to breed dogs for the police. [VERB noun prep.]

    他曾经为警方培育警犬。

  • These dogs are bred to fight. [be VERB-ed to-infinitive]

    这些狗被培育作斗犬。

SYN rear, tend, keep, raise
3See also:cross-breed 
breeding

  • There is potential for selective breeding for better yields.

    选种培育以提高产量会大有可为。

4 VERB （动物）繁殖，繁育 When animals breed, they have babies. （动物）繁殖，繁育

  • Frogs will usually breed in any convenient pond. [VERB]

    通常青蛙会在任何条件适宜的池塘中繁殖。

  • The area now attracts over 60 species of breeding birds. [VERB-ing]

    这一地区现在吸引了60多种鸟类到此繁育后代。

SYN reproduce, multiply, propagate, procreate [formal]
breeding

  • During the breeding season the birds come ashore.

    在繁殖季节各种鸟都飞到岸边。

5 VERB 产生；引起；酿成 If you say that something breeds bad feeling or bad behaviour, you mean that it causes bad feeling or bad behaviour to develop. 产生；引起；酿成

  • If they are unemployed it's bound to breed resentment. [VERB noun]

    如果他们失去工作，一定会产生怨恨。

  • Violence breeds violence. [VERB noun]

    暴力会催生更多暴力。

SYN produce, cause, create, occasion [formal]
6 N-COUNT [usually singular] 类型；种类 You can refer to someone or something as one of a particular breed of person or thing when you want to talk about what they are like. 类型；种类

  • Sue is one of the new breed of British women squash players who are making a real impact. [+ of]

    休是英国新一代的女子壁球运动员，她们的影响正在显现出来。

  • The new breed of walking holidays puts the emphasis on enjoyment, not endurance. [+ of]

    这种新型的徒步旅行假日重在愉悦身心，而不是为了锻炼耐力。

  • I had found that rare breed of man who was not afraid of committing himself.

    我找到了那种勇于承担责任的男人，这样的男人很少有。

SYN kind, sort, type, variety
7 See also: breeding  ill-bred  pure-bred  well-bred 
8 PHRASE （在某地）出生并长大 Someone who was born and bred in a place was born there and grew up there. （在某地）出生并长大

  • I was born and bred in the highlands.

    我在高地地区出生和长大。

  • Born and bred in this country, he and his wife emigrated to Los Angeles after the war.

    尽管生于斯长于斯，他和妻子在战后还是移民去了洛杉矶。

  • A Londoner born and bred, she suspected that a month in the country would bore her to distraction.

    作为一个土生土长的伦敦人，她不相信在乡下呆一个月就会令她心烦意乱。

9 familiarity breeds contempt→see: familiarity 
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