cull
verb/kʌl/
/kʌl/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they cull | /kʌl/ /kʌl/ |
| he / she / it culls | /kʌlz/ /kʌlz/ |
| past simple culled | /kʌld/ /kʌld/ |
| past participle culled | /kʌld/ /kʌld/ |
| -ing form culling | /ˈkʌlɪŋ/ /ˈkʌlɪŋ/ |
- cull something to kill a number of wild animals from a group, especially in order to stop the group from becoming too large
选择性宰杀，筛杀（尤指为防止野生动物种群过于庞大而杀掉其中一定数量） Oxford Collocations DictionaryCull is used with these nouns as the object:- elephant
- seal
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French coillier, based on Latin colligere, from col- ‘together’ + legere ‘choose or collect’.