| 单词 | breed |
| 释义 | breed (once / 146 pages) 1vn 2v To breed is to have babies, whether you’re a human or a hermit crab. A breed is also a specific type of a domesticated species, like a poodle or Great Dane. The word breed comes from the Old English bredan which means to "bring young to birth," but also "cherish,” which is how most people feel about their offspring. Awwwww. But the fact is that breeding is reproducing. Also, a breed is a strain or stock of a species, such as a Siamese cat. There are many types of dog breeds, cow breeds, and even pig breeds. Members of a breed usually look and behave in a similar way. WORD FAMILYbreed: bred, breeded, breeder, breeding, breeds, crossbreed, interbreed+/bred: ill-bred, underbred/breeder: breeders/breeding: breedings, ill-breeding, inbreeding/crossbreed: crossbred, crossbreeding, crossbreeds/inbreeding: inbreedings/interbreed: interbred, interbreeding, interbreeds USAGE EXAMPLESFive species of marine mammals all breed or haul out here, and great white sharks visit regularly to feed on many of them. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) He is set to swim through shark breeding grounds near Brazil, where mothers may lash out to protect their young. Reuters(Dec 01, 2016) Daily reports of her progress became news, though, in the end, she was more or less the only success from the breeding experiment. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1v cause to procreate (animals) She breeds dogs Hypo|Hyper mongrelise, mongrelize cause to become a mongrel cross, crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreedbreed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties backcrossmate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents create, make, produce create or manufacture a man-made product 2v have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) pandas rarely breed in captivity Syn|Hypo|Hyper multiply pullulate breed freely and abundantly multiply, procreate, reproduce have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant 3v copulate with a female, used especially of horses Syn brood, cover, hatch, incubate sit on (eggs) 4n a special variety of domesticated animals within a species he experimented on a particular breed of white rats Syn|Hypo|Hyper stock, strain bloodstock thoroughbred horses (collectively) pedigreeline of descent of a purebred animal animal group a group of animals variety(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics 5n a special type 2Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs Hyper type a subdivision of a particular kind of thing v call forth Syn|Hyper engender, spawn cause, do, make give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally |
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