breed
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they breed | |
| he / she / it breeds | |
| past simple bred | |
| past participle bred | |
| -ing form breeding |
- [intransitive]
(of animals 动物 to have sex and produce young 交配繁殖 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- in captivity
- successfully
- commercially
- …
- for
- [transitive, intransitive]
to keep animals or plants in order to produce young ones for a particular purpose 饲养，培育（动植物） - breed something (for/as something)
The rabbits are bred for their long coats. 饲养兔子是为了获取它们的长毛。 Greyhounds were originally bred as hunting dogs. 灵𤟥起初是被当作猎狗来饲养的。 the first panda to be bred in captivity 第一只人工饲养的熊猫 - breed from something
She's a lovely cat. Will you breed from her? 这只猫真可爱，你要用它来下仔吗？
Collocations Farmingsee also cross-breed, pure-bred, thoroughbredFarming 农场经营 Growing food and raising animals 种植粮食和饲养动物 - plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
植树；播种；种庄稼；种植葡萄树；种大麦 - grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
种植／生产玉米／小麦／大米／水果 - plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
耕地；犁田 - sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
播种／收获谷粒／农作物／庄稼 - spread manure/fertilizer on something
给…施撒粪肥／肥料 - cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
耕作／灌溉／浇灌／污染庄稼／植物／田地／土地 - damage/destroy/lose your crop
损害／毁坏／损失农作物 - ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
催熟／采摘水果／浆果／葡萄 - press/dry/ferment grapes
压榨／晾干／发酵葡萄 - grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
磨／打谷物／玉米／小麦 - raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
饲养鸡／家禽／牛／猪 - raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
饲养／喂养／放养家畜／牛／羊 - kill/slaughter livestock
屠宰家畜 - preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
防腐保存／熏／加工贮藏／用盐腌制肉
Modern farming 现代农场经营 - run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
从事集约型（生猪／渔业）养殖 - use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
使用（化学／有机）肥料／杀虫剂 - begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
开始／进行转基因作物的田间试验 - grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
种植／研发转基因作物／种子／植物／粮食 - fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
资助／投资基因工程／研究 - improve/increase crop yields
提高／增加粮食产量 - face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
面临／遭受／缓解食物短缺 - label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
给含有转基因生物的食品贴标签 - eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
取消／减少农业补贴 - oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
反对工厂化养殖／转基因食品 - promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
促进／鼓励／支持有机／可持续农耕
Extra ExamplesTopics Farmingc1dogs that are bred for their fighting ability 看中其打斗能力而培育的狗 fish that have been selectively bred for their appearance 选育出的观赏鱼 The otters were bred in captivity and then released into the wild. 水獭是圈养繁殖的，然后放归野外。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- in captivity
- successfully
- commercially
- …
- for
- breed something (for/as something)
- [transitive] breed something
to be the cause of something 孕育；导致 - [transitive, usually passive] breed something into somebody
to educate somebody in a particular way as they are growing up 以…方式教育；使养成
Word OriginOld English brēdan ‘produce (offspring), bear (a child)’, of Germanic origin; related to German brüten, also to brood.
Idioms
born and bred
born and having grown up in a particular place with a particular background and education （在某地）出生长大；受过…熏陶 More Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane
breed like rabbits
- (informal)
to have a lot of babies in a short space of time 繁殖： 在短时间内有很多婴儿These rodents breed like rabbits. 这些啮齿动物像兔子一样繁殖。
familiarity breeds contempt
- (saying)
knowing somebody/something very well may cause you to lose respect for them/it 过分亲密就会有所侮慢