breeds

英 [briːdz] 美 [briːdz]

v.  交配繁殖; 饲养,培育(动植物); 孕育; 导致
n.  品种(尤指人工培育的狗、猫或牲畜); (人的)类型,种类
breed的第三人称单数和复数



柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT (宠物或牲畜的)种,品种
    A breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a breed of dog.
    1. ...rare breeds of cattle...
      稀有品种的牛
    2. Certain breeds are more dangerous than others.
      某些品种比其他品种更危险。
  2. See also: He lived alone, breeding horses and dogs... He used to breed dogs for the police... These dogs are bred to fight. cross-breed
  3. VERB (动物)繁殖,繁育
    When animals breed, they have babies.
    1. Frogs will usually breed in any convenient pond...
      通常青蛙会在任何条件适宜的池塘中繁殖。
    2. The area now attracts over 60 species of breeding birds.
      这一地区现在吸引了60多种鸟类到此繁育后代。
  4. VERB 产生;引起;酿成
    If you say that something breeds bad feeling or bad behaviour, you mean that it causes bad feeling or bad behaviour to develop.
    1. If they are unemployed it's bound to breed resentment...
      如果他们失去工作,一定会产生怨恨。
    2. Violence breeds violence.
      暴力会催生更多暴力。
  5. N-COUNT 类型;种类
    You can refer to someone or something as one of a particular breed of person or thing when you want to talk about what they are like.
    1. Sue is one of the new breed of British women squash players who are making a real impact...
      休是英国新一代的女子壁球运动员,她们的影响正在显现出来。
    2. The new breed of walking holidays puts the emphasis on enjoyment, not endurance...
      这种新型的徒步旅行假日重在愉悦身心,而不是为了锻炼耐力。
    3. I had found that rare breed of man who was not afraid of committing himself.
      我找到了那种勇于承担责任的男人,这样的男人很少有。
  6. See also: breeding ill-bred pure-bred well-bred
  7. PHRASE (在某地)出生并长大
    Someone who was born and bred in a place was born there and grew up there.
    1. I was born and bred in the highlands...
      我在高地地区出生和长大。
    2. Born and bred in this country, he and his wife emigrated to Los Angeles after the war...
      尽管生于斯长于斯,他和妻子在战后还是移民去了洛杉矶。
    3. A Londoner born and bred, she suspected that a month in the country would bore her to distraction.
      作为一个土生土长的伦敦人,她不相信在乡下呆一个月就会令她心烦意乱。
  8. familiarity breeds contempt → see: familiarity

双语例句

  1. Certain breeds are more dangerous than others.
    某些品种比其他品种更危险。
  2. Violence breeds violence.
    暴力会催生更多暴力。
  3. Such secrecy breeds and encourages fear and suspicion
    如此保密的做法滋生并加剧了人们的恐惧和疑虑。
  4. The equation is simple: research breeds new products
    情况很简单:研究产生新产品。
  5. Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance.
    对罪恶熟悉之后,生出的不是蔑视,而是习以为常。
  6. All of these are quite useful breeds whose potentiality has not been realised.
    所有这些都是十分有用的品种,其潜力还没有被完全发挥。
  7. All this uncertainty breeds insecurity.
    这样变来变去使人产生不安全感。
  8. Naturally, this breeds corruption and abuse of power.
    自然,这孕育了腐败和滥用职权。
  9. Local livestock breeds are threatened in many parts of the world.
    在世界上的很多地区,当地的禽畜品种都受到了威胁。
  10. Such a zero sum economy breeds disaffection and despair.
    这种零和经济为不满和绝望提供了温床。
  11. The scientists say the current level of diversity within cattle breeds is at least as great as within humans.
    这些科学家们表示牛品种多样性的当前水平至少和人类的同等重要。
  12. There were gene flow and significant divergence among Chinese yellow cattle breeds.
    黄牛不同地方品种之间存在一定程度的基因交流,品种之间出现了显著的遗传分化。
  13. Immoral behavior breeds immoral behavior.
    不道德的行为滋生了不道德的行为。
  14. Sheep breeds with high resistance against Fasciola hepatica has not been found.
    未发现对肝片吸虫感染有高抵抗力的品种。
  15. Lastly and most importantly, happiness breeds happiness.
    最后和最重要的是,幸福的品种幸福。
  16. Filth breeds disease and vermin.
    污秽引起疾病和害虫。
  17. This is most unfavourable to our commitment to creating an environment that breeds loyalty and motivation.
    这对我们承诺去创造一个具有忠诚度和积极性的环境时极为不利的。
  18. What type of cats and dog breeds do you have?
    什么样的猫,狗的品种类型,你呢?
  19. One strain was a type that, in any circumstances, only breeds in mammals, not insects.
    一种疟原虫是在任何情况下,都不能在昆虫中繁殖,而只能在哺乳动物中繁殖。
  20. Both had extremely fine coats and delicate skin, unlike many horse breeds found in Europe.
    两者有极其精细的涂层和娇嫩的皮肤,不像许多马在欧洲发现的品种。
  21. They have influenced many other horse breeds, including the Thoroughbred horse.
    他们影响了许多其他的马品种,包括纯血马。
  22. It is the government is the construction market that breeds our country, stimulative bldg.
    是政府为培育我国的建筑市场,促进建筑业振兴和发展的重大举措。
  23. Certain breeds of dogs are prone to this condition, and there is an age group and gender association.
    某些品种的狗很容易这一条件,并有一个年龄组和性别协会。
  24. Common gray wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds.
    普通的欧洲灰色野鹅;是许多家养品种的祖先。
  25. Different breeds of dog ( s) have different natures.
    不同种的狗具有不同的天性。
  26. Scientists examined several breeds and say the cattle genome appears to show evidence of this selective reproduction.
    科学家们检验了几个品种的牛,认为牛的基因图谱似乎提供了选择性繁衍的证据。
  27. Any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin.
    各种为得到其羊毛、可食的肉和羊皮而被养殖的羊。
  28. Modern dog breeds are part of a unique population structure, having been selectively bred for many years.
    现代犬种是一个独特的种群结构的一部分,是经过多年人工选择育成的。
  29. What are some of the new breeds?
    你说说有些什么新品种?
  30. We can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism.
    我们可以接受的政治滋生司和冲突,玩世不恭。