hybrid

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Related topics: Animals, Plants, Microbes, genetics, biochem

hy·brid /ˈhaɪbrɪd/ noun [countableC]

1 HBAHBPan animal or plant produced from parents of different breeds or types 杂种动物；杂交植物；杂交而成的生物体 → cross-breed

hybrid of

a hybrid of wheat and rye

小麦和黑麦的杂交体

► see thesaurus at mixture

2 MIXsomething that consists of or comes from a mixture of two or more other things 〔两种或两种以上不同物质组成的〕混合体

hybrid architecture

具有混合风格的建筑

hybrid of

a unique hybrid of blues, country, pop, and gospel music

糅合布鲁斯、乡村、流行和福音音乐的一种独特音乐

Examples from the Corpus

hybrid• Brownies are a hybrid, part fudge, part cake.• a foodcrop that is a hybrid of wheat and rye• The new constitution was a hybrid of presidential and parliamentary systems.• a hybrid approach combining the merits of both methods• Different strains and hybrids respond quite differently to a given dose.• Few bonds are exclusively ionic or covalent; instead, most are hybrids.• Artificial hybrids of these Echinodorus have not yet been created in the aquarium.• Eco-Foam is made of corn starch from a special corn hybrid.• Rip Rig created a heady hybrid out of the bare bones of jazz improvisation, dub-funk rhythms and punk attitude.• a public/private hybrid company• We now have approximately 180 magnolias at Lanhydrock and of these there are some 120 different species, hybrids or cultivars.• She bore down on the hybrids and, with her claws, she killed them almost before they realized.• But now some seed companies reckon wheat hybrids are really on the horizon.

hybrid of• The cartridge is essentially a hybrid of a floppy disk and a hard disk.• Triticale is a hybrid of wheat and rye.

Origin hybrid

(1600-1700) Latin hybrida

hy·brid noun

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