breed

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a breed of dog. (動物的) 品種
...rare breeds of cattle. …稀有牛種。
2. V-T 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. 養(yǎng)殖
He lived alone, breeding horses and dogs. 他獨自生活,養(yǎng)殖馬和狗。
He used to breed dogs for the police. 他過去爲警察部門養(yǎng)殖狗。
3. breedingN-UNCOUNT 養(yǎng)殖
There is potential for selective breeding for better yields. 以優(yōu)産爲目的的精選養(yǎng)殖是有潛力的。
4. V-I When animals breed, they have babies. 繁殖
Frogs will usually breed in any convenient pond. 青蛙通常在任何適宜的水塘裡繁殖。
5. breedingN-UNCOUNT 繁殖
During the breeding season the birds come ashore. 在繁殖期鳥兒們上岸。
6. V-T If you say that something breeds bad feeling or bad behaviour, you mean that it causes bad feeling or bad behaviour to develop. 釀成 (不良情緒或不良行爲)
If they are unemployed it's bound to breed resentment. 如果他們失業(yè)了,一定會釀成怨恨。
7. →see also breeding

While the animals are still immature , they do not breed.
The map on the opposite page shows where these birds commonly breed.
She breeds pedigree Burmese cats .
Animals bred in captivity would probably not survive if they were released into the wild .
At this time of year the birds return to the island to breed.