| 单词 | breed |
| 释义 | breed v. & n. --v (past and past part. bred) 1. tr. & intr. bear, generate (offspring). 2. tr. & intr. propagate or cause to propagate; raise (livestock). 3. tr. a yield, produce; result in (war breeds famine). b spread (discontent bred by rumour). 4. intr. arise; spread (disease breeds in the Tropics). 5. tr. bring up; train (bred to the law; Hollywood breeds stars). 6. tr. Physics create (fissile material) by nuclear reaction. --n 1. a stock of animals or plants within a species, having a similar appearance, and usu. developed by deliberate selection. 2. a race; a lineage. 3. a sort, a kind. Phrases and idioms bred and born = born and bred. bred in the bone hereditary. breeder reactor a nuclear reactor that can create more fissile material than it consumes. breed in mate with or marry near relations. Derivatives breeder n. Etymology: OE bredan: rel. to BROOD |
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