英语词汇“breed”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

breed

释义

verb | noun

breedbreed1 /brid/ ●●○ verb (bred /brɛd/)

ETYMOLOGYbreed¹

Origin: Old English bredan

VERB TABLE

breed

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	breed
	he, she, it	breeds
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	bred
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have bred
	he, she, it	has bred
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had bred
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will breed
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have bred

Continuous Form
Present	I	am breeding
	he, she, it	is breeding
	you, we, they	are breeding
Past	I, he, she, it	was breeding
	you, we, they	were breeding
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been breeding
	he, she, it	has been breeding
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been breeding
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be breeding
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been breeding

1[transitive] science, biology to keep animals or plants in order to produce babies or new plants, or in order to develop animals or plants that have particular qualities: Some of these animals were bred in zoos.breed something to do something These trees are bred to resist pollution.2[intransitive] science, biology if animals breed, they have babies: a pond where ducks breed3[transitive] to cause a particular feeling or condition: Poor living conditions breed violence and despair.4[transitive] if a place, situation, or thing breeds a type of people, it influences the way they think and behave: Urban music from the 1980s bred a generation of fans. [Origin: Old English bredan] → see also born and bred at born (6), -bred at bred (2), well-bred

verb | noun

breedbreed2 ●●○ noun [countable]

COLLOCATIONS► a dying breed

Real cowboys are a dying breed (=not many exist anymore).

► a new breed of

a new breed of international criminal

► rare breed

He’s one of the rare breed (=there are not many of them) of scientists who can explain his work to non-scientists.

1science, biology a type of animal or plant, especially one that people have kept to breed, such as cats, dogs, and farm animals: breed of Spaniels are my favorite breed of dog.2a particular kind of person or type of thing: Real cowboys are a dying breed (=not many exist anymore). a new breed of international criminal He’s one of the rare breed (=there are not many of them) of scientists who can explain his work to non-scientists.

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