| 释义 |
cull/kʌl/ v. & n.●v. tr. 1 select, choose, or gather from a large quantity or amount 挑选，选出；收集 knowledge culled from books 从书本中得到的知识 2 pick or gather (flowers, fruit, etc.) 采集，采摘(花朵、水果等) 3a select (animals) according to quality, esp. poor surplus specimens for killing 按质挑选(牲畜) (尤指挑出质劣和多余者宰杀) b reduce the population of (an animal) by selective slaughter (选择性宰杀以)减少牲畜数量 ●n. 1 an act of culling 挑选，拣选，剔除 2 an animal or animals culled 被剔除的牲畜，劣种牲畜 □ culler n.[Middle English from Old French coillier etc., ultimately from Latin colligere COLLECT1] |