| 单词 | to breed out and out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto breed out and out Phrases. to breed out: to exhaust the breed, degenerate (obsolete); also, to eliminate (a characteristic) by (controlled) breeding; to breed in and in: to breed always with near relatives; the opposite being to breed out and out. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (transitive)] > exhaust by excessive breeding overbreed1598 to breed outa1616 overteem1877 the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [verb (transitive)] > breed out to breed out1922 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. v. 29 Our Madames mock at vs, and plainely say, Our Mettell is bred out. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 250 The straine of mans bred out into Baboon and Monkey. View more context for this quotation 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I lvii. 31 In that point so precise in each degree That they bred in and in..Marrying their cousins—nay, their aunts and nieces. 1922 R. Leighton Compl. Bk. Dog xii. 178 Most Irish water spaniels have bad, straight shoulders, a defect which should be bred out. 1941 J. S. Huxley Uniqueness of Man xv. 299 We could theoretically breed out much of human variety. < as lemmas |
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