pure-bredadj.n.

(as adjective)Brit.

/ˌpjʊəˈbrɛd/,

/ˌpjɔːˈbrɛd/, U.S.

/ˌpjʊrˈbrɛd/,

/ˈpjʊrˌbrɛd/ (as noun)Brit.

/ˈpjʊəbrɛd/,

/ˈpjɔːbrɛd/, U.S.

/ˈpjʊrˌbrɛd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pure adv., bred adj.¹

Etymology: < pure adv. + bred adj.¹ Compare earlier half-bred adj., thoroughbred adj.

A. adj.

Of an animal or plant: bred from parents of the same breed or variety. Of a person: having parents of the same ethnic background; of unmixed ancestry (now chiefly historical). Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [adjective] > other

bequeathed1619

inheriting1622

propagablea1707

pure-bred1810

prepotent1859

pedigree1861

amphigonous1876

dominant1900

codominant1908

autosomal dominant1922

1810 Jackson’s Oxf. Jrnl. 7 Apr. Seventy-five pure bred Merino Ewes, and a large number of others highly crossed.

1839 C. Darwin Let. in Corr. (1986) II. 446 The same degree of constancy and similarity, which might have been expected from pure-bred animals?

1867 Anthropol. Rev. 5 322 Two pure-bred Hottentots, mother and daughter, were the subjects of examination.

1886 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 15 195 The half-castes are not equal in stamina to the pure bred Maoris.

1903 Biometrika 2 171 Pure-bred mice usually are inbred.

1919 ‘W. N. P. Barbellion’ Jrnl. Disappointed Man 179 If only I were pure-bred science or pure-bred art.

1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. ii. 68 The original pure-bred rose~comb stock gives nothing but rose-combs.

1977 Jrnl. Black Stud. 7 390 To be ‘colored’..meant to be socially superior to the blacks (pure-bred), whether or not they were free.

1993 NEBRASKAland Oct. 16/1 About 70% of the bicycles sold..are of mountain-bike or ATB-based configuration, ranging from purebred mountain bikes to so-called..cross bikes.

B. n.

An individual, esp. a domesticated animal, bred from parents of the same breed or variety.

ΚΠ

1850 Brit. Farmers Mag. 17 126/2 Mr. Warner had abstained from crossing with other breeds; and vindicated the pure-breds from some of the aspersions cast upon them.

1878 N. S. Hubbard in Ann. Rep. Secretary Mass. Board Agric., 1877 92 With pure-breds there is almost a certainty of reproducing the qualities of the original stock... At all events, a pure-bred is needed upon one side, or there will soon be degeneracy.

1895 Minnesota Farmers' Instit. Ann. 148 The man who breeds pure breds should think so much of his work, and of the animals, that he will find true pleasure in caring for them.

1925 U. P. Hedrick Small Fruits N.Y. xiv. 365 They [sc. cultivated strawberries] seem..to be unmistakably hybrids with no pure-breds.

1937 K. Blixen Out of Afr. iii. 191 A stud-farm of purebreds.

1945 New Eng. Homestead 13 Oct. 9/2 If you mess around with breedin' purebreds a while longer you'll be so much in love that you'll never go back t' keepin' grades.

1987 Stock & Land (Melbourne) 2 July 43/1 First cross—or F1—cattle out-perform the purebreds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pure-bred
释义	pure-bredadj.n. (as adjective)Brit. /ˌpjʊəˈbrɛd/, /ˌpjɔːˈbrɛd/, U.S. /ˌpjʊrˈbrɛd/, /ˈpjʊrˌbrɛd/ (as noun)Brit. /ˈpjʊəbrɛd/, /ˈpjɔːbrɛd/, U.S. /ˈpjʊrˌbrɛd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pure adv., bred adj.¹ Etymology: < pure adv. + bred adj.¹ Compare earlier half-bred adj., thoroughbred adj. A. adj. Of an animal or plant: bred from parents of the same breed or variety. Of a person: having parents of the same ethnic background; of unmixed ancestry (now chiefly historical). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [adjective] > other bequeathed1619 inheriting1622 propagablea1707 pure-bred1810 prepotent1859 pedigree1861 amphigonous1876 dominant1900 codominant1908 autosomal dominant1922 1810 Jackson’s Oxf. Jrnl. 7 Apr. Seventy-five pure bred Merino Ewes, and a large number of others highly crossed. 1839 C. Darwin Let. in Corr. (1986) II. 446 The same degree of constancy and similarity, which might have been expected from pure-bred animals? 1867 Anthropol. Rev. 5 322 Two pure-bred Hottentots, mother and daughter, were the subjects of examination. 1886 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 15 195 The half-castes are not equal in stamina to the pure bred Maoris. 1903 Biometrika 2 171 Pure-bred mice usually are inbred. 1919 ‘W. N. P. Barbellion’ Jrnl. Disappointed Man 179 If only I were pure-bred science or pure-bred art. 1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. ii. 68 The original pure-bred rose~comb stock gives nothing but rose-combs. 1977 Jrnl. Black Stud. 7 390 To be ‘colored’..meant to be socially superior to the blacks (pure-bred), whether or not they were free. 1993 NEBRASKAland Oct. 16/1 About 70% of the bicycles sold..are of mountain-bike or ATB-based configuration, ranging from purebred mountain bikes to so-called..cross bikes. B. n. An individual, esp. a domesticated animal, bred from parents of the same breed or variety. ΚΠ 1850 Brit. Farmers Mag. 17 126/2 Mr. Warner had abstained from crossing with other breeds; and vindicated the pure-breds from some of the aspersions cast upon them. 1878 N. S. Hubbard in Ann. Rep. Secretary Mass. Board Agric., 1877 92 With pure-breds there is almost a certainty of reproducing the qualities of the original stock... At all events, a pure-bred is needed upon one side, or there will soon be degeneracy. 1895 Minnesota Farmers' Instit. Ann. 148 The man who breeds pure breds should think so much of his work, and of the animals, that he will find true pleasure in caring for them. 1925 U. P. Hedrick Small Fruits N.Y. xiv. 365 They [sc. cultivated strawberries] seem..to be unmistakably hybrids with no pure-breds. 1937 K. Blixen Out of Afr. iii. 191 A stud-farm of purebreds. 1945 New Eng. Homestead 13 Oct. 9/2 If you mess around with breedin' purebreds a while longer you'll be so much in love that you'll never go back t' keepin' grades. 1987 Stock & Land (Melbourne) 2 July 43/1 First cross—or F1—cattle out-perform the purebreds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1810
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