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  • Conjugation : past  bred ; ing  breeding
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

breed [briːd]
  1. 1. vt. [+animals] 繁殖
  2. 2. vt. [+plants] 培植
  3. 3. vt. [+situation] [ quality] [ hate] [ suspicion] (give rise to) 引起
  4. 4. vi. [动] 繁殖
  5. 5. noun [c] [动] 品种
  6. 6. noun (type,class) 类型

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

breed [briːd]
  1. 1. vt. 导致产生
    The death penalty brutalises society and breeds contempt for human life.
    死刑社会宣扬暴力宣扬生命的漠视
  2. 2. vt. 交配配种
    They went into the bedroom to breed.
    他们上床交欢
  3. 3. vt. 为……配种育种
    All of the birds mentioned were bred in captivity.
    所有这些提到鸟类都是笼养状态繁殖的
    She breeds dogs.
    她在为狗育种。
  4. 4. vi. 繁殖产崽再生
    A few land birds occasionally breed upon the islands.
    有些陆地鸟类偶尔也在海岛繁殖
    Pandas rarely breed in captivity.
    大熊猫很难在驯养条件繁殖
  5. 5. vt. 养育教育
  6. 6. noun [Person Name] 布里德
  7. 7. n.[c] 种,品种
    Specific breeds of dogs have different levels of popularity.
    不同品种的狗受欢迎的程度不同
    He experimented on a particular breed of white rats.
    他对一种特殊的白鼠进行实验
  8. 8. n.[c] 类型种类
    She was one of a rare breed - a female serial killer.
    属于另类 -- 一个连环杀手
    Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs.
    谷歌代表一批新兴企业

Collins English-English Dictionary

breed [briːd]
  1. 1. vb to bear (offspring)
  2. 2. vt. [tr] to bring up; raise
  3. 3. vt. to produce or cause to produce by mating; propagate
  4. 4. vt. to produce and maintain new or improved strains of (domestic animals and plants)
  5. 5. vt. to produce or be produced; generate
    to breed trouble
    violence breeds in densely populated areas
  6. 6. n a group of organisms within a species, esp a group of domestic animals, originated and maintained by man and having a clearly defined set of characteristics
  7. 7. n a lineage or race
    a breed of Europeans
  8. 8. n a kind, sort, or group
    a special breed of hatred
  9. 9. n [Etymology] Old English bredan, of Germanic origin; related to brood

Examples

men of the same breed
同种人
That breed of dog is very noble.
那只狗的品种非常名贵。
The government is encouraging the warrener to rear the new breed for higher propagation.
政府正在积极鼓励养兔人饲养这个新品种以提高产量。
They went into the bedroom to breed.
他们上床交欢。
The breed was created through a cross between two breeds of rose.
这一品种是有两种玫瑰杂交而成的。

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