breed读音

1. vt. & vi. 生育; 繁殖 give birth to young; reproduce
2. vt. 饲养,培养 keep animals, plants, etc.
3. vt. 引起,招致 cause (an undesirable condition or feeling) to develop; produce

1.（宠物或牲畜的）种，品种
Abreed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a breed of dog.

breed在线翻译

e.g. ...rare breeds of cattle...
稀有品种的牛
e.g. Certain breeds are more dangerous than others.
某些品种比其他品种更危险。

2.饲养；培育
If youbreed animals or plants, you keep them for the purpose of producing more animals or plants with particular qualities, in a controlled way.

e.g. He lived alone, breeding horses and dogs...
他独自一人生活，饲养马匹和狗。
e.g. He used tobreed dogs for the police...
他曾经为警方培育警犬。

3.（动物）繁殖，繁育
When animalsbreed, they have babies.

e.g. Frogs will usuallybreed in any convenient pond...
通常青蛙会在任何条件适宜的池塘中繁殖。
e.g. 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.产生；引起；酿成
If you say that somethingbreeds bad feeling or bad behaviour, you mean that it causes bad feeling or bad behaviour to develop.

e.g. If they are unemployed it's bound tobreed resentment...
如果他们失去工作，一定会产生怨恨。
e.g. Violence breeds violence.
暴力会催生更多暴力。

5.类型；种类
You can refer to someone or something as one of a particularbreed of person or thing when you want to talk about what they are like.

e.g. Sue is one of the newbreed 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。
e.g. The newbreed 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。

6. see also: breeding;ill-bred;pure-bred;well-bred

7.（在某地）出生并长大
Someone who wasborn and bred in a place was born there and grew up there.

e.g. I was born and bred in the highlands...
我在高地地区出生和长大。
e.g. 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。

8. familiarity breeds contempt -> see familiarity

1. Rabbits breed quickly.
   兔子繁殖很快。
2. Birds breed in the spring.
   鸟类在春季繁殖。

1. The bear bred two cubs.
   这熊生了两只小熊。
2. Yet every mother breeds not sons alive.
   一母生百子,百子皆不同。
3. They breeds cattle for the market.
   他们饲养牲畜以供应市场。
4. Many farmers in this area breed cows and sheep.
   这个地区许多农民养牛和羊。
5. They have bred a new variety of rose with larger flowers.
   他们培养了能开大花朵的新品种的玫瑰花。
6. Familiarity breeds contempt.
   亲昵招致轻蔑。
7. War breeds misery and ruin.
   战争造成苦难与灾害。
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8. The winning horse was bred in Ireland.
   获胜的马是在爱尔兰繁殖的。

1. The parents are trying to breed their son a musician.
   这对父母尽力要把儿子培养成为音乐家。
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2. He was bred up as a painter.
   他从小被作为画家培养。

• breed birds养鸟
• breed cattle and horses饲养牛和马
• breed contempt招致轻蔑
• breed sb a gentleman把…教养成一位绅士
• breed sb a musician把…培养成音乐家

• breed intelligently智力培养
• breed rapidly繁殖很快
• breed selectively有选择地培养
• breed in and in与近亲结婚
• breed out and out异种繁殖

• breed at a university在大学里培养
• breed for the church培养成牧师
• breed cattle for market饲养牛供应市场
• breed in luxury过奢侈生活长大
• breed good manners into one's children向孩子们灌输良好的礼貌举止

breed, multiply, reproduce

这组词都有“繁殖”的意思。其区别在于:reproduce通常用于动物; breed用于人时通常含贬义; multiply强调大量地繁殖。