| 释义 |
culled, ppl. a.|kʌld|
[f. cull v.1 + -ed1.]
Chosen, picked, selected; gathered, plucked; spec. of sheep: Draught (cf. cull n.3 2).
1588Shakes. L.L.L. iv. iii. 234 Of all complexions the cul'd soueraignty Doe meet as at a faire in her faire cheeke. 1665Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 397 Culled men out of Breda. 1707Collier Refl. Ridic. 78 Cull'd Words and Paraphrases. 1801Med. Jrnl. V. 277 A nosegay of culled flowers. 1811Ann. Reg. 1809. 801 Fed upon the flesh of the culled sheep. |