单词 | hybrid |
释义 | hybrid (haɪbrɪd ) Word forms: hybrids 1. countable noun A hybrid is an animal or plant that has been bred from two different species of animal or plant. [technical] All these brightly coloured hybrids are so lovely in the garden. ...a hybrid between watermint and spearmint. Synonyms: crossbreed, cross, mixture, compound Hybrid is also an adjective. ...the hybrid maize seed. 2. countable noun You can use hybrid to refer to anything that is a mixture of other things, especially two other things. ...a hybrid of solid and liquid fuel. [+ of] Synonyms: mixture, compound, composite, amalgam Hybrid is also an adjective. ...a hybrid system. 3. countable noun A hybrid or a hybrid car is a car that has both an electric motor and an ordinary car engine. It uses the ordinary engine when it needs extra power. Hybrids, unlike pure electric cars, never need to be plugged in. Hybrid cars can go almost 600 miles between refueling. Collocations: hybrid bike What would be a really good hybrid bike to buy for under 1,500? Times, Sunday Times I would recommend you test some hybrid bikes, which are generally more practical. Times, Sunday Times Its products include drivetrain, brake, wheel and pedal components for road, mountain, and hybrid bikes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most riders use regular road bikes, mountain bikes, hybrid bikes, and touring bikes of varying standard, quality, and age. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its hybrid bus engine cuts fuel consumption by about a third compared with traditional buses. Times, Sunday Times A hybrid bus can also deliver fuel economy though through the hybrid drivetrain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even mass transit systems have innovated with hybrid bus fleets to real-time tracking at bus stands. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead, hybrid busses use their diesel engine to power a battery that in turn supplies energy to the wheels during acceleration. Times, Sunday Times The order includes 40 hybrid buses, like the one above. The Sun Nor was it achieved in a flyweight hybrid concept car, but in a four-door family saloon available on your local forecourt today. Times, Sunday Times Its hybrid concept has yet to convince, however, with its shares still languishing at half its 245p flotation price four years ago. Times, Sunday Times It was a petrol engine/electric hybrid concept vehicle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Long-term residual values are reasonable and running costs are quite low, particularly as hybrid drive tends to extend brake life. Times, Sunday Times Buyers can choose between two 1litre petrol engines with a five-speed automatic gearbox - the 84bhp turbocharged version or the 71bhp micro hybrid drive, which returns a claimed 65.7mpg. The Sun The early proposals even anticipated hybrid drive. Times, Sunday Times Trucks, vans and buses are clearly moving towards alternative powertrains: hybrid drive, electric power, and fuel cells. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This manifests itself in improved battery life on notebook computers as well, since a hybrid drive can be spun down when not in use. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The company also said it expected to continue paying dividends in the coming year because of its hybrid model. Times, Sunday Times Expect to see a flagship plug-in hybrid model, as well as diesel-powered versions in the showrooms. Times, Sunday Times Will even more drivers consider switching from their diesel-powered family car into a petrol-electric hybrid model that costs from 23,295? Times, Sunday Times And production will start on a new hi-tech hybrid model later this year. The Sun This illustrates the value of the hybrid model. Times, Sunday Times The hybrid nature of the event plunged us into what philosophers call 'category confusion'. Times, Sunday Times There has always been confusion among the public about civil versus church weddings, and the hybrid nature of the latter. Times, Sunday Times The transient, interdisciplinary, and hybrid nature of performance art allowed for audience engagement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Additional observations also revealed an entanglement of the mean low and the upper-level low near its southwestern periphery, confirming the hybrid nature of the system. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The remaining types were eventually standardized, although there remained some criticism of the hybrid nature of the breed's conformation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, such hybrid offspring can only survive in captivity free of predators. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The hybrids of mallards and the yellow-billed duck are fertile and can produce more hybrid offspring. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The prairie falcon was trapped and the eggs removed, incubated, hatched and the hybrid offspring were given to falconers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The hybrid offspring were fertile and able to breed successfully with each other, indicating that the two species of bear are closely related. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such speciation may be a product of reproductive isolation which prevents hybrid offspring from being viable or able to reproduce, thereby reducing gene flow that results in genetic divergence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She said the wildlife trust would explore how genetics could be used to pinpoint hybrid plants. Times, Sunday Times Various species hybridize easily between them, and hybrid plants are difficult to identify. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some of these hybrid plants are known to grow up to six feet high, with a longer blooming period. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hybrid plants generated from phylogenetically distant species can often give rise to new species if the hybrids become reproductively isolated from the progenitor populations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It encouraged the development of hybrid plants, chemical controls, large-scale irrigation, and heavy mechanization in agriculture around the world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Now classicism of a kind crept in, though it was of a hybrid variety. Times, Sunday Times The more common hybrid varieties tend to be less vivid. Times, Sunday Times Hybrid cropping techniques were widely practiced from the late 1880s, and the hybrid varieties developed with cross and re-cross breeding techniques developed by university research. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The government maintains a pineapple research farm where hybrid varieties are created. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1935-46, a shift to hybrid varieties occurred. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The plug-in hybrid version should be with us this time next year. The Sun There's also an eco hybrid version from 169 a month. The Sun There's a plug-in hybrid version that can drive on electric power alone for 25 miles before the petrol engine takes over. Times, Sunday Times There's even talk of a plug-in hybrid version, and some countries will get a compressed natural gas engine. The Sun The hybrid version will be available in 2014. Times, Sunday Times The diesel plug-in hybrid has a combined range of 876 miles - 34 miles on pure electric - and emits less than 50g/km. The Sun Since the start of 2013, electric and plug-in hybrid registrations have soared by 70.7 per cent, with sales reaching 1,885. The Sun At the moment only plug-in hybrid and electric cars would qualify. Times, Sunday Times Instead, whizz around on an e-scooter, invest in a single-seater electric vehicle, car share in a four-seater plug-in hybrid. Times, Sunday Times The plug-in hybrid version should be with us this time next year. The Sun Pepper, this strange hybrid captures a private moment made public, the garishly made-up face lent a flesh-like, ghostly glow. The Times Literary Supplement A clumsy start turns into a strange hybrid of a film. Times, Sunday Times The results were like a strange hybrid of direct speech and reported spectacle. The Times Literary Supplement In this strange hybrid between an election and a referendum, across the country, 650 separate battles would rage. Times, Sunday Times We have a strange hybrid structure. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 杂交种 Japanese: 交配種 |
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