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单词 breed
释义

breed1/breed/ verb (past tense and past part. bred /bred/)

verb trans

to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation

to bring (somebody) up

She was born and bred in Somerset

to produce or engender (something)

Despair often breeds violence

to propagate (plants or animals) sexually and usu under controlled conditions

to produce or engender

to inculcate (something) by training

We aim to breed good behaviour

to produce (fissile material for use in nuclear reactors or warheads) in a nuclear chain reaction in a breeder reactor

verb intrans

to produce offspring by sexual union

to propagate animals or plants

[Old English brēdan; related to Old English brōd brood1]

breed2noun

a group of animals or plants, often specially selected, visibly similar in most characteristics

race or lineage

a class or kind

We're seeing a new breed of radical

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