单词 | breeder |
释义 | breedern. 1. a. That which breeds or produces offspring. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > procreator, parent, or origin motherOE stallionc1305 childbearera1382 getterc1390 begetter1440 procreator1548 propagator1585 procreatrix1593 breeder1594 procreatress1597 pregnatress1651 multiplier1660 parent1670 propagatrix1803 baby-maker1968 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 68 Amongst the fairefast breeders of our clime. View more context for this quotation 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husb. (1623) 136 Not good to chuse a crowing hen, for they are neither good breeders nor good layers. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. i. 42 You loue the Breeder better then the Male. View more context for this quotation a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 3 Hunge tuppes are..to bee kept for breeders. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Pigeon The Pigeon called the Leghorn is..an excellent Breeder. 1729 J. Swift Modest Proposal 5 There may be about two hundred thousand Couple whose Wives are Breeders. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iii. 64 The elephant is reckoned to be the slowest breeder of all known animals. b. That which produces or originates; the author, source, or cause. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > that which produces gendererc1384 bearera1387 bringerc1386 engendererc1390 producera1513 forthbringer1546 breeder1572 productor1584 productrice1585 spawner16.. brancher1610 procreanta1616 producent1622 productrix1630 generant1635 generator1637 productive1642 procurator1647 pregnatress1651 generatrix1657 yielder1733 productress1751 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie iii. f. 5 Breders, norishers, & comforters of all lyuyng thynges. 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C2v Neither the breeders nor fauorites of discord. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 9 That evil should alwayes flow from evil in a chain of breeders. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > by cuttings > cutting or slip > for grafting imp1377 graffa1398 talionc1440 graft1483 slip1495 set1513 wedge?1523 scutcheon1572 shield1572 truncheon1572 breeder1601 scion1612 escutcheon1658 slit-graft1706 graffshoot1860 shield-bud1891 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 531 As for another [shoot], springing from a yeare-old branch, it is left alwaies for a breeder. d. A gardeners' name for an immature, self-coloured, seedling tulip. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > tulip lily narcissus1578 tulip1578 Turk's cap1597 breeder1660 fool's coat1669 morilliona1678 edger1688 eger1706 chequered tulip1759 parrot tulip?1786 verport1798 Rembrandt1829 bybloemen1843 wild tulip1861 Darwin tulip1889 1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 27 Tulips without blackish bottome are noe good breeders of various coloured flowers. 1846 J. W. Loudon Ladies' Compan. Flower Garden 303 Breeders..are seedling Tulips before they have shown any variety of colour. 2. a. One who breeds cattle or other animals. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] > stock-farmer breeder1531 stock-farmer1769 Boer1776 stock-breeder1815 stockholder1819 veeboer1824 ranchero1825 rancher1836 ranchman1854 stockman1856 pastoral1876 stock-keeper1912 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > keeper of cattle beastman1311 breeder1531 cowman1593 rearer1611 bull-ward1614 cowgirl1753 ranchero1825 cattle-breeder1827 rancher1836 estanciero1845 ranchman1854 cattle king1874 beef-grower1880 cow-man1924 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. x. sig. Ei Virgile leaueth farre behynde hym all breders, hakney men, and skosers. 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII i Euery owner, grasier, fermour, breder, drouer, and brogger of this realme. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4342/3 [To] bring a Certificate from the Breeder, of his Mare's Age. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 18 He was a breeder of cattle. 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 455 I would also advise every breeder..to select thirty or forty of his best ewes. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] tiliec1000 acremanOE husbanda1300 husbandmanc1384 farmer1528 breeder1547 farmeress1595 colona1640 agricole1656 georgic1703 agricultor1766 Farmer Giles1770 agriculturer1776 agriculturalist1788 culturist1814 fazendeiro1825 bartoner1832 agriculturist1849 culturalist1866 farmerette1901 dry-land farmer1914 drylander1921 Eurofarmer1957 multiplier1969 pick-your-owner1969 1547 Act 1 Edw. VI i. Pream. The said Breeders of the said Wools. ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up nurshera1382 rearera1382 nurrya1387 nutrix?a1475 bringer up1529 nurturer1542 breedera1568 upbringerc1598 raiser-up1879 primary caretaker1914 motherer1974 a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 23 Tyme was, whan Italie and Rome, haue bene..the best breeders and bringers vp, of the worthiest men. 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xii. lxxi. 296 Of World-admired Drake..And his braue Breeder Hawkins. 4. Nuclear Engineering. In full breeder reactor, breeder pile: an apparatus that can create more fissile material than it consumes in the chain reaction. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > nuclear fission > nuclear reactor > [noun] > creating more than it consumes breeder pile1948 fast breeder1949 1948 R. E. Lapp & H. L. Andrews Nucl. Radiation Physics xvi. 401 The development of a breeder-type reactor. 1948 R. E. Lapp & H. L. Andrews Nucl. Radiation Physics xvi. 481 Breeder pile. 1948 U.S. Atomic Energy Comm. 3rd Semi-Ann. Rep. 12 The ‘breeder’ type of reactor, a ‘nuclear chain reactor which over a period of time will actually create more fissionable material than is put into the reactor as fuel to sustain the reaction’. 1949 Sci. Amer. July 36 A ‘breeder’ reactor that would produce new fissionable atoms as fast as it used the old ones up. 1950 Ann. Reg. 1949 423 An engineering design for an experimental ‘breeder’ atomic pile had been completed. 1950 Chem. Industries Jan. 28/2 Of the four reactors, two are breeders and two are non-breeders. 1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 380 The successful operation of so-called breeder reactors, which made new fuel as they burnt their own. 1969 Sci. Jrnl. July 41/3 Eight or nine countries..are hurrying to develop practical reactors that will produce more fissile material than they consume; that is, breeder reactors. 1969 Sci. Jrnl. July 41/3 Breeders are seen as opening the door to virtually unlimited energy. Draft additions April 2002 slang (originally U.S., usually depreciative). In gay and lesbian usage: a heterosexual person. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > heterosexuality > [noun] > person heterosexual1892 normal1910 hetero1940 non-homosexual1960 straight1967 het1971 breeder1975 1975 Advocate 12 Mar. 34/3 Now that the movement is developing sophisticated leadership, we can begin dumping our phony, liberal, breeder ‘friends’. 1984 A. Maupin Babycakes viii. 34 [Condoms] are balloons... They are ridiculous things, and they are meant for breeders. 1994 Independent (Nexis) 26 Nov. 31 I approached, smiled sweetly, and asked in my most charming voice why she looked so careworn. ‘Drop dead, breeder,’ she replied. ‘I'm a dyke.’ 1999 Time 25 Oct. 117/3 A lone gay character associating largely with straights, viewing pals' sexcapades..with what-fools-these-breeders-be amusement. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。