breed
breed
(pastandpast participle bred )
breed apart
(pastandpast participle bred )
- [with obj.]cause (an animal) to produce offspring, especially in a controlled and organized way
繁殖，产（仔），（通过人工交配）育种
bitches may not be bred from more than once a year.
雌狗育种交配每年不可超过一次。
■[no obj.](an animals) mate and then produce offspring
产仔，繁殖
toads are said to return to the pond of their birth to breed.
据说癞蛤蟆会回到自己出生的池塘去交配繁殖。
■develop (a kind of animal or plant) for a particular purpose or quality
（为某种目的而）培育（动、植物），育种
these horses are bred for this sport.
这些马是专为这项运动而培育的。
■rear and train (someone) to behave in a particular way to have certain qualities
培养，养育
Theodora had been beautifully bred.
西奥多拉被培养成了一个出色的人。
■produce or lead to (something), typically over a period of time
产生，惹起，酿成
success had bred a certain arrogance.
成功滋生了傲慢。
■(Physics)create (fissile material) by nuclear reaction
(物理)增殖，再生（通过核反应产生可裂变物质）
- a stock of animals or plants within a species having a distinctive appearance and typically having been developed by deliberate selection
（经人工培育的动﹑植物的）同一品种，种；属
■a sort or kind of person or thing
（人或物的）类型，种类
a new breed of entrepreneurs was brought into being.
新型的企业家出现了。
breed apart
- a sort or kind of person that is very different from the norm
不同寻常的人
health-service staff are a breed apart with their dedication to duty.
保健服务行业从业人员以其忠于职守的态度而显得与众不同。
- a sort or kind of person that is slowly disappearing
正在消失的某一类人
the country's dying breed of elder statesmen.
正在淡出人们视野的前辈政治家。
- 见 bone
- Old English brēdan 'produce (offspring), bear (a child'), of Germanic origin; related to German brüten, also to brood
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