breed
英 /briːd/ 美 /briːd/
- v. 繁殖；培育To produce young, or keep animals to produce young.
- n. 品种A group of domestic animals sharing particular inherited characteristics.
- v. 滋生；导致To cause something, especially something harmful, to develop.
These birds usually breed here during the warmer months.
这些鸟通常在天气较暖的月份在这里繁殖。
Conservation programmes breed endangered animals in protected environments before releasing them into suitable natural habitats.
保护项目在受保护的环境中繁育濒危动物，再将它们放归适宜的自然栖息地。
搭配
breeding season 繁殖季节a breed of dog 一种犬种breed animals 繁育动物breed resentment 滋生怨恨
辨析提示
过去式和过去分词均为bred；品种breed不同于物种species。
词族
breeder (n.)、breeding (n.)、crossbreed (v.)
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