| 单词 | breeding |
| 释义 | breeding (once / 596 pages) 1nadj 2n WORD FAMILY breeding: breedings, ill-breeding, inbreeding+/bred: ill-bred, underbred/breed: bred, breeded, breeder, breeding, breeds, crossbreed, interbreed/breeder: breeders/crossbreed: crossbred, crossbreeding, crossbreeds/inbreeding: inbreedings/interbreed: interbred, interbreeding, interbreeds USAGE EXAMPLESHe 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) Several thousand of the birds live in Hawaii, but only about 75 breeding pairs are in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) 1 1n the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring Syn|Hypo|Hyper facts of life, procreation, reproduction crossbreeding, interbreeding, miscegenation reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) generation, multiplication, propagationthe act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production biogenesis, biogenythe production of living organisms from other living organisms sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice activities associated with sexual intercourse 2n the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization Hypo|Hyper autosexing (especially of domestic fowl) breeding to reveal differential sex characteristics at hatching cattle breedingbreeding cattle dog breedingbreeding dogs horse breedingbreeding horses production (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale 3adj producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring 2the breeding population retained a few bulls for breeding purposes Syn fruitful productive or conducive to producing in abundance 1n elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression Syn|Hyper genteelness, gentility elegance a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste 2n the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) a woman of breeding and refinement Syn|Hyper education, training upbringing properties acquired during a person's formative years 3n helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community Syn|Hyper bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing acculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture |
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