单词	cull
释义	cull1 verbcull2 noun cullcull1 /kʌl/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINcull1 Origin: 1100-1200 Old French cuillir, from Latin colligere; ➔ COLLECT1 Verb Table VERB TABLE cull Simple Form Present I, you, we, they cull he, she, it culls Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they culled Present perfect I, you, we, they have culled he, she, it has culled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had culled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will cull Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have culled Continuous Form Present I am culling he, she, it is culling you, we, they are culling Past I, he, she, it was culling you, we, they were culling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been culling he, she, it has been culling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been culling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be culling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been culling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Goats that are larger than average are culled from the herd. Names of potential jurors are culled from voter registration lists. Over two million sheep have been culled to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease. The anthology consists of 15 stories culled from literary reviews. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All this is culled from letters from people who had the forethought to record the event. I don't think it was an illusion, a clever deceit produced by scientists culling and stringent access modelling. National newspapers cull their stories from all over the country - often, indeed, from all over the world. On any day, he may get 100 suggestions for a strip, from which he culls one or two. Or culling every other tree might help to change the feeling of being hemmed in. The Huskies continued to cull the best athletes in the West and brought them to Seattle. The Minke whales, which are numerous, should be culled because they are impeding the recovery of the endangered Blue Whale. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto kill an animal► kill · Is it morally acceptable to kill animals for food?· You shouldn't really kill spiders, even if you're frightened of them.· They were so hungry they killed the rest of their livestock that winter. ► slaughter to kill farm animals, either for their meat or skins, or because they are ill: · The only way to stop the virus spreading is by slaughtering all infected animals.· As part of the ceremony a cow was slaughtered and placed on the stone altar. ► destroy to kill an animal in a painless way, especially using drugs, because it is dangerous or in pain: · The Animal Disease Authority decided to destroy the cattle that were infected with the disease.have something destroyed: · The court ordered the owner of the rottweilers to have the dogs destroyed. ► put down/put to sleep British to kill an animal, especially a pet, in a painless way, because it is very old or very ill, or is not wanted: · When our old cat became very sick we had to ask the vet to put her down.· She rescued Sandy from the Animal Shelter the day before he was due to be put to sleep.have something put down/put to sleep: · A blind dog is no use to a shepherd. I'm afraid I'm going to have to have him put down. ► cull to kill a large number of animals, for example in order to stop a disease spreading or to keep the numbers of a particular animal population down: · Over two million sheep have been culled to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease. 1to kill animals so that there are not too many of them, or so that a disease does not spread2formal to find or choose information from many different places SYN  collatecull something from something The data had been culled from a variety of sources. cull1 verbcull2 noun cullcull2 noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a seal cull The cull is thought to have cost many farmers their livelihoods. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A cull of 1,000 middle managers should lop a further £225m off costs. A report had been received by his inspector that a discreet cull of the wild ducks on Hury Reservoir was under way. If it hadn't been so quiet, it could have been Paddington station during a commuter cull. Meanwhile, the Montana state government seems unlikely to take on the call for translocation and a reduced cull. The first will almost certainly necessitate a major cull of the 140 committees. The latest cull brings the number of sheep and lambs killed in the Brecon Beacons national park since last week to 6,500. There has been no obvious cull of the past in the name of modernity. the act of killing animals so that there are not too many of them, or so that a disease does not spread
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