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单词 cull
释义
cull
kʌl kʌl
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense culls, present participle culling, past tense , past participle culled
1 VERB 选出;挑选;采集 If items or ideas are culled from a particular source or number of sources, they are taken and gathered together. 选出;挑选;采集
  • All this, needless to say, had been culled second-hand from radio reports. [be VERB-ed + from]

    不用说,所有这些都是从电台报道中采集来的二手材料。

  • Laura was passing around photographs she'd culled from the albums at home. [VERB noun + from]

    劳拉正在分发她从家里相册中挑选出的相片。

  • ...information culled from movies he had seen on television. [VERB-ed]

    从他在电视上看的电影中搜集的相关信息

SYN select, collect, gather, amass
2 VERB 部分捕杀,选择性宰杀(为减少动物种群数量而杀掉其中较弱者) To cull animals means to kill the weaker animals in a group in order to reduce their numbers. 部分捕杀,选择性宰杀(为减少动物种群数量而杀掉其中较弱者)
  • To save remaining herds and habitat, the national parks department is planning to cull 2000 elephants. [VERB noun]

    为挽救现存兽群和它们的栖息地,国家公园部计划选择性捕杀2,000头大象。

Cull is also a noun.
  • In the reserves of Zimbabwe and South Africa, annual culls are already routine.

    在津巴布韦和南非的自然保护区,每年的选择性捕杀已成惯例。

culling
  • The culling of seal cubs has led to an outcry from environmental groups.

    选择性宰杀小海豹已经招来环保组织的强烈抗议。

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