| 释义 |
cull
I. \ˈkəl\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English cullen, colen, from Middle French cuillir, coillir to pick, gather, from Latin colligere to gather, collect — more at collect
1.
a. : gather, pluck
< cull flowers >
b. : to pick out and collect : choose
< culled the best passages from the poet's works >
2.
a. : to subject (as a field) to culling
b. : to identify and remove culls from (a flock or herd)
3. : to select or separate out as inferior or worthless
II. noun
(-s)
1. obsolete : the act of culling : selection
2. : something rejected especially as being inferior or worthless (as a cow from the herd, diseased plants from healthy ones, or nonlaying hens from a flock) — usually used in plural
3.
a. : a grade of lumber below the lowest common grade
b. : pecky cypress
III. adjective
Etymology: cull (II)
: culled out especially as inferior : being a cull; specifically : being a low grade of animal carcass used for processed meat food products
IV. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: by alteration
now dialect : coll I
V. \“, ˈku̇l\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: perhaps short for cullion
dialect Britain : dupe, gull, simpleton |