| 单词 | cull |
| 释义 | cull (kʌl ) Word forms: culls , culling , culled 1. verb If items or ideas are culled from a particular source or number of sources, they are taken and gathered together. All this, needless to say, had been culled second-hand from radio reports. [be VERB-ed + from] Laura was passing around photographs she'd culled from the albums at home. [VERB noun + from] ...information culled from movies he had seen on television. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: select, collect, gather, amass 2. verb To cull animals means to kill the weaker animals in a group in order to reduce their numbers. To save remaining herds and habitat, the national parks department is planning to cull 2000 elephants. [VERB noun] Cull is also a noun. In many South African reserves, annual culls are routine. culling uncountable noun The culling of seal cubs has led to an outcry from environmental groups. [+ of] Translations: Chinese: 采集 Japanese: 選び出す |
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