| 释义 |
🔑breedbreed1 /brid / verb (past tense, past participle bred /brɛd /)- [intransitive] (
biology生物) (used about animals or plants) to produce young animals or plants（动物或植物）繁殖◆Many animals won't breed in zoos.很多动物在动物园里都不能繁殖。
- [transitive] (
biology生物) to keep animals or plants in order to produce young from them养殖；培育◆cattle that are bred to produce high yields of milk为提高牛奶产量而饲养的牛
- [transitive] to cause something导致；滋生；孕育◆This kind of thinking breeds intolerance and violence.这种思维方式会滋生狭隘和暴力。
🔑breedbreed2 /brid / noun [countable] a type of animal（动物的）品种◆a breed of cattle某一品种的牛 |