🔍
牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典 🎯
🔍
劍橋詞典
🔍
柯林斯詞典
🔍
麥美倫詞典
🔍
韋氏詞典
檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
導出
最近搜尋:
righteous
174
co-dependent
91
fiancée
78
contraceptive
196
drawn-out
370
cage
384
jerky
10
on the cusp
62
localize
42
acceptance
433
Network
422
Large scale
28
animate
94
con
229
denominate
69
Marvellous
140
horseback
7
in my book
92
use
360
Worth
187
Invalid
164
Holidaymaker
75
bohrium
52
Teaching
64
hosanna
9
gun-running
75
hamilton
65
Frequently
297
Outset
54
lower case
46
oecumenical
5
animal
268
nepotism
12
gunnel
78
trolley
199
collision
425
Brave
77
episiotomy
65
white knight
96
re-route
7
emir
92
affiliation
190
Fan
146
Incensed
155
ambivalently
48
prove
404
recognize
557
mundanity
11
To make something worse
65
From or at the beginning
33
takeaway
113
chime
59
delude
101
iron out
125
Introspection
87
mollusc
13
Written symbols on letters of alphabets
30
Out
162
dog-end
63
incandescence
8
crackling
198
camper van
35
maternal
71
wild goose chase
51
speak up
37
pensioner
121
stripped down
12
unremitting
11
joule
8
reconsider
134
an exercise in futility
36
Reserved
139
employment agency
83
birth certificate
74
antonym
120
Overflow
58
go further
54
oap
11
trial and error
82
blurb
169
multiplex
14
Fusillade
44
vintage car
67
devastated
222
relieved
336
diehard
65
Preservation
50
Reflexive pronouns thesaurus
54
strangle
242
nelly
83
statutory interpretation
46
General words for the past
33
mines
17
Ungrateful
44
hipper
6
consecutive
235
influenza
10
locket
10
reign
374
Advertisement
116
chief executive
75
To make something better
172
bolero
55
bushmen
49
illegality
51
bleeding edge
55
En
5
allegro
66
cradle
115
Upset
85
ghostwriter
96
collaboration
756
moonie
9
misdiagnose
4
barbiturate
82
Racist
85
pair
113
excitable
73
Characteristic
230
bump into
59
it is no secret that
29
monday
98
lincoln
13
bridging
56
low-fat
14
truss
138
German shepherd
68
incarnate
154
bengali
56
credit rating
122
negligent
312
curved
77
constructive dismissal
88
injured
40
iirc
10
Indicator
371
golden wedding
77
errant
133
adolescence
127
Blast
137
Afloat
168
a drop in the ocean
73
shortbread
28
flavorsome
65
mama
14
limiest
11
Mold
44
boot somebody ↔ out
45
actu
47
jab
244
jaywalking
74
familiar with something
79
fire truck
82
Falstaff
59
blusher
73
Fornicate
41
dietitian
125
annoyed
245
filthy
167
Iraq
57
Lodging
46
Toll
52
Extravagant
39
Vault
52
lothario
7
Runner up
154
ante
72
curtain raiser
71
burdensome
98
Ways of emphasizing what you are saying
49
cash card
85
Relating to crying and tears
45
harangue
12
contention
117
fantasy football
93
Unveil
199
graphic design
95
slate
127
cider
67
follow on
67
flower
257
Spin
287
fashionable
442
(be) aimed at (doing) something
43
cystic fibrosis
79
Wren
45
Individuality
233
Film-topic
32
cutter
85
Sum
150
resignation
639
general practitioner
74
auteur
89
bring along
86
call sign
51
counteract
254
respond
430
haemophiliac
64
Eden
14
back-to-nature
41
Xiaoping
52
simultaneous
410
regretful
226
uncooked
77
crane fly
61
supple
200
expedite
143
blue chip
123
Apparently
140
Purposeful
217
buddy
100
resource
425
Undue
37
corporal punishment
64
hands off
73
glazing
102
Vision
74
arbiter
92
psychiatry
221
liturgy
18
lust
162
ballpoint
140
egotistical
115
merchant navy
75
a sea of something
47
haemoglobin
127
hydrate
60
metropolitan
127
Honesty
91
call up
84
highlife
10
take out
165
vie
75
lumbar
121
coda
110
ruthless
139
parasite
230
operate
438
ennoble
58
lacking
49
fervent
95
Aforementioned
30
apologetic
164
Speculate
219
Wet
119
Zoom
19
in the wake of something
80
Wound
24
love
671
Remake
122
gassy
88
tv
78
grass roots
129
Cube
39
fairy story
43
double dip
150
velcro
52
Whisk
91
agonized
79
Butcher
82
round
106
contender
126
landing place
197
bundle of joy
77
battered
313
harbinger
121
poor
168
To change from one subject or discussion to another
60
ivorian
5
excavate
161
ventilate
198
fustian
78
concatenate
60
drape
194
reminisce
159
Restore
333
beanbag
70
fish finger
94
bulletin board
61
going
97
Stitch
92
livid
37
glut
85
even-tempered
150
vibrant
206
civic
94
antiperspirant
70
veterinarian
138
ah
70
calf
100
Engineering
165
adjustment
257
frizzy
102
church school
76
paralysis
186
rummage
66
Stout
33
generalist
88
swap meet
75
patriotism
94
balletic
100
defragment
91
by-line
119
chaplain
119
feel for sb
34
home economics
81
esthete
61
regarding
547
bunting
55
Memorable
66
cancel
565
Q
8
Armchair
183
continuity announcer
90
Stereo system
84
Irreversible
31
Illusion
155
dilemma
177
denationalize
105
supervise
134
heckuva
8
allowable
79
meet up
94
lift
541
take sth away
124
Acceptable
265
convent
80
alone
436
SHRINE
97
bioscience
69
further education
84
graphology
83
underlying
234
grovelingly
53
aspiring
83
thwart
124
Diversify
209
combination
535
criminology
79
dent
110
Props
61
ute
11
scroll bar
28
observer
472
universal
509
Pony
58
meatball
9
Interested
258
chide
84
lay down
158
respect
465
and counting
96
comma
65
Cool
140
newfangled
13
meanness
8
gout
60
Amish
46
Guarantee
209
knight errant
118
plexiglas
10
mamba
14
Aryan
24
Monster
28
deadlocked
115
monumentally
156
promise
493
photosynthesis
70
subscription
489
iconoclastic
15
previous
787
fog
420
al
54
occasional
388
pence
12
do sb down
21
Never
45
expel
511
maraschino
10
supervisor
112
stringent
132
forbear
79
Joke
132
Burundi
50
kashmir
3
outdo
42
mangey
8
much
168
skittle
8
Outdoors
47
certitude
75
Polished
119
exacting
60
bursary
94
Hypertension
48
up-country
7
semen
13
tolerant
255
Allegation
316
Colony
167
act as something
51
bemused
121
metalloid
12
convector heater
46
coed
65
crème de la crème
68
jellies
7
tern
11
no longer
53
paddle
171
Churchill Sir Winston
64
Destabilize
60
Decoy
40
mazurka
6
intensity
480
ruminant
65
pro
124
materialize
72
pop up
27
astonishment
119
Hit list
61
live
280
Beano, The
4
consumption
370
compress
398
EXPLODE
135
bishop
121
adaptation
309
bolshie
90
cowpoke
82
jostle
6
scalloped
6
eiderdown
86
skullcap
137
light at the end of the tunnel
18
CONDITION
35
Ought
19
drum something into somebody
83
sociology
10
intervening
8
nosy
52
deceptive
209
scheme
421
manicure
154
enter into something
87
kike
7
Performing arts
42
worrying
274
bread bin
70
retrieve
711
misfire
13
lee
7
oblivious
89
Flamboyant
75
While
351
bachelor
482
blasphemy
97
counseling
142
Dismantle
23
mockumentary
12
tumbling
10
cubic
299
shilly-shally
7
Weigh
37
worrisome
27
Institute
223
alveolar
147
Threat
232
unnatural
12
perpetrate
184
digger
94
passion fruit
17
CONTRIBUTE
118
interweave
18
emigrant
264
pop-up
19
tattie
10
propitiate
20
minicab
43
adaptational
41
novelette
9
dachshund
161
tylenol
11
outpost
84
laud
10
chichewa
41
weakness
562
impress
527
lectureship
11
melanin
11
Background
128
downbeat
102
bystander
154
snowball
9
gasoline
508
livelihood
93
harm
387
comparative
391
Couch
33
Unimportant
183
TOEFL
IELTS
BNC: 3721
COCA: 5698
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
breed
Word family
noun
breeder
breeding
breeding ground
verb
breed
Related topics:
Agriculture
,
Biology
breed
1
/
briːd
/
●●○
verb
(
past tense
pst
and
past participle
pp
bred
/
bred
/
)
1
[
intransitive
I
]
BABY/HAVE A BABY
if animals
breed
, they
mate
in order to have
babies
〔动物〕交配繁殖
Eagles breed during the cooler months of the year.
鹰在一年中较凉爽的季节交配繁殖。
2
[
transitive
T
]
TA
HB
to keep animals or plants in order to produce babies or new plants, especially ones with particular
qualities
饲养;培育
These dogs were originally bred in Scotland to round up sheep.
这些狗最初在苏格兰是为了圈羊而饲养的。
→
crossbreed
1
,
purebred
,
thoroughbred
3
[
transitive
T
]
CAUSE
to cause a particular feeling or condition
引起,酿成,招致〔某种情感或状况〕
Poor living conditions breed violence and despair.
贫困的生活条件滋生暴力和绝望情绪。
4
[
transitive
T
]
if a place, situation, or thing breeds a particular type of person, it produces that type
养育,哺育,生养〔某一类型的人〕
Society’s obsession with sex has bred a generation of unhappy children.
纵欲的社会生养了一代不幸的儿童。
→
well-bred
, →
born and bred
at
born
1
(
3
)
Examples from the Corpus
breed
•
This is a
pond
where
ducks
breed
.
•
Decomposing
waste
and disease-carrying bacteria
compete
with the
fish
for
oxygen
,
limiting
the number of fish that can be
bred
.
•
The
music
became a
fixture
on
urban
radio
in the '80s and
bred
a
generation
of fans.
•
The planned deregulation has
bred
concern
that Petron will face
stiffer
competition
and an
erosion
of its 42
percent
market
share
.
•
But
success
in this world seems to
breed
envy
which, in its turn, can breed
hostility
.
•
Only some
endangered
animals can be
bred
in
zoos
.
•
There are lots of them out there and, apparently, they
breed
like Kennedys.
•
Another
trouble
with
politics
, it
breeds
politics.
•
These
trees
are
bred
to
resist
pollution
.
•
Rabbits
breed
very quickly.
Related topics:
Biology
breed
2
●●○
noun
[
countable
C
]
1
TYPE
a type of animal that is kept as a
pet
or on a
farm
〔宠物或牲畜的〕品种
breed of
Spaniels are my favourite breed of dog.
西班牙猎犬是我最喜欢的犬种。
2
TYPE
a particular kind of person or type of thing
〔人或物的〕类型,种类
Real cowboys are
a dying breed
(=
not many exist anymore
)
.
真正的牛仔现在已非常少见。
Dodd was one of that
rare breed
(=
there are not many of them
)
who could make the game of football look simple.
多德可以让足球比赛变得很简单,很少有人能做到这样。
breed of
a new breed of
international criminal
新型国际罪犯
Examples from the Corpus
breed
•
A
breed
of men to whom
truth
was open not just to
minor
revisions
and
nice
distinctions
, but to
management
.
•
As
mentioned
earlier, there is some
connection
between
temperament
and
factors
such as build,
colour
,
breed
etc.
•
Spaniels
are my
favorite
breed
of
dog
.
•
Birds
make
nests
in
preparation
for
breeding
.
•
Some short-haired
breeds
have
guard
hairs that are less than 2
inches
in
length
,
sparse
awn hairs and no down hairs.
•
Most
dairy
herds
today
are of
Friesian
or
Holstein
breeds
.
•
Now a new
breed
of scientists is changing all that.
•
Shaffer is one of the new
breed
of
wunderkind
chefs
.
•
That said, do not be
fooled
into thinking that the Internet-only
breed
will automatically offer higher
rates
.
•
The
hippies
have
proved
a
sturdier
breed
than most.
•
It's a very
unusual
breed
of
goat
,
dating
back to the time of Cleopatra.
•
What
breed
of dog is that? I've never seen one like it before.
a new breed of
•
Roller
blades
are
a new breed of
roller
skates
.
•
They are the names of
microcomputers
produced by
a new breed of
electronics
entrepreneurs
.
•
The
clamp
down will
create
a new breed of
locally created
censors
.
•
First
a new breed of
fleet
must be
dispatched
and
anchored
at 600-
mile
intervals
in the
oceans
.
•
Alternative
accommodation
in the
metropolitan
area for
a new breed of
large
steamships
had become a
matter
of some
urgency
.
•
Now
a new breed of
scientists is changing all that.
•
She is particularly
proud
of her
involvement
with the
recent
appointments
of
a new breed of
top entrepreneurial
staff
.
•
According
to
industry
officials,
a new breed of
digital
phone
transmits
in computer
code
that is much more difficult to
intercept
.
•
But over the past few years
a new breed of
journalist
has
evolved
-
hungry
,
competitive
and
aggressive
.
Origin
breed
1
Old English
bredan
breed
1
verb
breed
2
noun
Chinese
Corpus
👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 朗文詞典 📚 – longman.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文