breed

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a breed of dog. (动物的) 品种
...rare breeds of cattle. …稀有牛种。
2. V-T If you breed animals or plants, you keep them for the purpose of producing more animals or plants with particular qualities, in a controlled way. 养殖
He lived alone, breeding horses and dogs. 他独自生活,养殖马和狗。
He used to breed dogs for the police. 他过去为警察部门养殖狗。
3. breedingN-UNCOUNT 养殖
There is potential for selective breeding for better yields. 以优产为目的的精选养殖是有潜力的。
4. V-I When animals breed, they have babies. 繁殖
Frogs will usually breed in any convenient pond. 青蛙通常在任何适宜的水塘里繁殖。
5. breedingN-UNCOUNT 繁殖
During the breeding season the birds come ashore. 在繁殖期鸟儿们上岸。
6. V-T If you say that something breeds bad feeling or bad behaviour, you mean that it causes bad feeling or bad behaviour to develop. 酿成 (不良情绪或不良行为)
If they are unemployed it's bound to breed resentment. 如果他们失业了,一定会酿成怨恨。
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While the animals are still immature , they do not breed.
The map on the opposite page shows where these birds commonly breed.
She breeds pedigree Burmese cats .
Animals bred in captivity would probably not survive if they were released into the wild .
At this time of year the birds return to the island to breed.