breed

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n. 种类, 品种 v. 养育, 引起, 饲养, 繁殖

发音

US /bɹiːd/

词形变化

breeds 复数 breeds bred breddest breeded breedest breedeth breeding breeds 三单 breeding 现在分词 bred 过去式 bred 过去分词

别名

breede

教材释义与例句

名词

品种;种类,类型

动词

繁殖;饲养;养育,教育;引起

动词

繁殖;饲养;产生

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.

    a breed of tulip

    a breed of animal

  2. 2.

    A race or lineage; offspring or issue.

  3. 3.

    A group of people with shared characteristics.

    非正式

    People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed.

  4. 4.

    Ellipsis of half-breed.

    贬义
v. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.

  2. 2.

    To give birth to; to be the native place of.

    及物

    A pond breeds fish.

    A northern country breeds stout men.

  3. 3.

    To mate.

    配种

  4. 4.

    To keep (animals) and have (them) reproduce in a way that improves the next generation's qualities.

    育种

    及物
  5. 5.

    To arrange the mating of (specific animals).

    及物

    She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbor's registered bull.

  6. 6.

    To propagate or grow (plants) in an effort to give (them) certain qualities.

    He tries to breed blue roses.

  7. 7.

    To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.

    born and bred

  8. 8.

    To yield or result in.

    disaster breeds famine

    familiarity breeds contempt

  9. 9.

    To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated or to grow, like young before birth.

    不及物 废旧
  10. 10.

    To educate; to instruct; to bring up.

  11. 11.

    To produce or obtain by any natural process.

  12. 12.

    To have birth; to be produced, developed, or multiplied.

    不及物
  13. 13.

    To ejaculate inside (a person or a bodily orifice of same); to creampie.

    俚语 及物 粗俗

    2018, Cassandra Dee, Paying My Boyfriend's Debt: A Billionaire Bad Boy Romance, Cassandra Dee Romance via PublishDrive “God, I love your ass,” he says, his voice almost a growl. “I'm gonna breed this ass tonight.”

    Then...you get...bred.

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词源

Inherited from Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“warm”). Cognate with Scots brede, breid, Saterland Frisian briede, West Frisian briede, Low German bröden, Dutch broeden, German brüten.

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