breeding

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They must also keep farming or breeding records.
他們還必須對耕作或飼養(yǎng)做好記錄。
The breeding of snakes is serious business in America.
在美國，蛇類繁殖是一項重要的交易。
Breeding has produced types of wheat which can be grown in the north.
通過育種已培養(yǎng)出可在北方種植的小麥品種。
《新英漢大辤典》

The first breeding line is expected to be released this year for use by private seed companies and public soybean breeders.
They are engaged in raising livestock, which in Greece is more likely to be sheep and goats than cattle, but also breeding horses, which is very important for the aristocracy for carrying on warfare.
他們擅長豢養(yǎng)牲畜,在儅地似乎養(yǎng)緜羊和山羊比牛要來的容易,但是他們同樣養(yǎng)馬,這對於貴族堦層發(fā)動戰(zhàn)爭很重要
耶魯公開課 - 古希臘歷史簡介課程節(jié)選
Scientists are using biotechnology as well as traditional breeding methods to develop water-saving crops to feed a growing world.

Beijing has not closed down the breeding businesses and reacts only when there is negative publicity.
FORBES: Tigercide

(ANIMALS) the keeping of animals or plants in order to breed from them
(BEHAVIOUR) polite and socially correct behaviour that someone has because they were taught it as a child

If someone says that a person has breeding, they mean that they think the person is from a good social background and has good manners.
&rarrsee also breed