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

• N-COUNT （宠物或牲畜的）种，品种
  Abreedof 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。
• 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
• VERB （动物）繁殖，繁育
  When animalsbreed, 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。
• VERB 产生；引起；酿成
  If you say that somethingbreedsbad 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。
• N-COUNT 类型；种类
  You can refer to someone or something as one of a particularbreed ofperson 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。
• See also:breedingill-bredpure-bredwell-bred
• PHRASE （在某地）出生并长大
  Someone who wasborn and bredin 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。
• familiarity breeds contempt→ see:familiarity

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• Filth breeds disease and vermin.
  污秽引起疾病和害虫。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The equation is simple: research breeds new products
  情况很简单：研究产生新产品。
• 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。