1 N-COUNT (宠物或牲畜的)种,品种 A breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a breed of dog. (宠物或牲畜的)种,品种
SYN variety, family, line, sort
2 VERB 饲养;培育 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. 饲养;培育
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He lived alone, breeding horses and dogs. [VERB noun]
他独自一人生活,饲养马匹和狗。
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He used to breed dogs for the police. [VERB noun prep.]
他曾经为警方培育警犬。
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These dogs are bred to fight. [be VERB-ed to-infinitive]
这些狗被培育作斗犬。
SYN rear, tend, keep, raise
4 VERB (动物)繁殖,繁育 When animals breed, they have babies. (动物)繁殖,繁育
SYN reproduce, multiply, propagate, procreate [formal]
5 VERB 产生;引起;酿成 If you say that something breeds bad feeling or bad behaviour, you mean that it causes bad feeling or bad behaviour to develop. 产生;引起;酿成
SYN produce, cause, create, occasion [formal]
6 N-COUNT [usually singular] 类型;种类 You can refer to someone or something as one of a particular breed of person or thing when you want to talk about what they are like. 类型;种类
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Sue is one of the new breed of British women squash players who are making a real impact. [+ of]
休是英国新一代的女子壁球运动员,她们的影响正在显现出来。
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The new breed of walking holidays puts the emphasis on enjoyment, not endurance. [+ of]
这种新型的徒步旅行假日重在愉悦身心,而不是为了锻炼耐力。
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I had found that rare breed of man who was not afraid of committing himself.
我找到了那种勇于承担责任的男人,这样的男人很少有。
SYN kind, sort, type, variety
7 See also: breeding ill-bred pure-bred well-bred
8 PHRASE (在某地)出生并长大 Someone who was born and bred in a place was born there and grew up there. (在某地)出生并长大
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I was born and bred in the highlands.
我在高地地区出生和长大。
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Born and bred in this country, he and his wife emigrated to Los Angeles after the war.
尽管生于斯长于斯,他和妻子在战后还是移民去了洛杉矶。
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A Londoner born and bred, she suspected that a month in the country would bore her to distraction.
作为一个土生土长的伦敦人,她不相信在乡下呆一个月就会令她心烦意乱。
9 familiarity breeds contempt→see: familiarity
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