breed
英 [briːd]
美[brid]
- vi. 繁殖；饲养；产生
- vt. 繁殖；饲养；养育，教育；引起
- n. [生物] 品种；种类，类型
- n. (Breed)人名；(英)布里德
词态变化
复数: breeds;第三人称单数: breeds;过去式: bred;过去分词: bred;现在分词: breeding;
中文词源
breed 繁殖
词源同brew, 蒸，加热。原指小鸡孵化的过程。
英文词源
- breed
- breed: [OE] The Old English verb brēdan came from West Germanic *brōdjan, a derivative of *brōd-, which produced brood. This in turn was based on *brō-, whose ultimate source was the Indo-European base *bhrē- ‘burn, heat’ (its other English descendants include braise, breath, and probably brawn). The underlying notion of breed is thus not ‘reproduction’ so much as ‘incubation, the warmth which promotes hatching’.
=> braise, brawn, breath, brood - breed (v.)
- Old English bredan "bring young to birth, carry," also "cherish, keep warm," from West Germanic *brodjan (cognates: Old High German bruoten, German brüten "to brood, hatch"), from *brod- "fetus, hatchling," from PIE *bhreue- "burn, heat" (see brood (n.)). Original notion of the word was incubation, warming to hatch. Sense of "grow up, be reared" (in a clan, etc.) is late 14c. Related: Bred; breeding.
- breed (n.)
- "race, lineage, stock" (originally of animals), 1550s, from breed (v.). Of persons, from 1590s. Meaning "kind, species" is from 1580s.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Many animals breed only at certain times of the year.
- 很多动物只在一年的某个时候交配繁殖。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. a hardy breed of sheep
- 适应力强的绵羊品种
来自《权威词典》
- 4. a rare breed of miniature horses
- 一种罕见的小矮马
来自《权威词典》
- 5. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》