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daphne
20
Survival
267
stormont
26
video nasty
74
livestock
492
Passenger
176
homicidal
28
civies
16
the guilty party
57
humming bird
118
foliage
124
closed-door
105
episode
471
intensifier
36
Summarize
274
Newly
145
Tattoo
63
insignificance
147
Waken
57
fritz
24
Additional
145
dummy run
76
Kleenex
31
Disrupt
255
tosser
35
Adoption and caring for other people s children
45
Upgrade
85
tramp
466
tired
275
marble
422
ball girl
114
Self-respect
1209
antimony
167
Ways of saying thank you
65
thrashing
187
chide
100
paralegal
35
line up
186
Meantime
66
conditioner
170
false
467
superior
557
Compound
300
Multitude
193
elementary school
101
vegeburger
22
Remember
203
biological-clock
47
Tolerate
226
propertied
32
pursuance
158
federalism
100
building
335
cancan
68
bulk
460
canoe
478
Diffident
45
egocentric
131
chelsea
35
spacing
31
Snooze
107
tyrannosaurus
26
Deposit
191
correctional
146
stressful
235
pipsqueak
17
uncomfortable
714
comfortable
587
comedy
459
Envy
57
mechanize
21
distressing
152
firebreak
93
insides
24
enlighten
198
Ubiquitous
257
contextualize
177
inefficient
482
pharmaceutical
108
fork
660
Ostentatious
27
role
513
interstate
35
leech
143
Disc
81
Russia
122
arrowy
30
call back
121
third
247
snowfield
24
Abdomen
179
upbeat
208
brief
496
reasoning
275
Apartment
241
Contend
196
glitter
522
suspend judgment
55
dagger
152
unavailing
33
marvelous
366
prince
354
Faithful
201
demur
218
Period
235
shamble
60
wipe something ↔ away
6
be in your element
107
trad
109
pre-prandial
16
prolonged
101
experience
609
indissoluble
26
Dining
46
narrow something ↔ down
12
psychological warfare
78
aerodynamic
94
creep in
157
Hospital
303
disconcerting
122
De
30
broadcaster
178
awol
93
flare
474
amoebae
47
Gym
63
stepladder
24
overgrown
51
nursing
121
rotfl
24
clapping
40
Germ
213
amelioration
64
Tint
68
Fortnight
20
Enforcement
263
hire
486
value judgment
102
shaykh
14
crop
413
reduce
515
opera
483
take out
180
secrete
109
giant
463
electrocute
110
oneness
20
buttock
94
niftier
19
predictive
124
shave
508
behaviorally
51
agony
497
Discerning
112
tipple
36
Tory
26
live
320
AWE
64
automatic-transmission
29
as a matter of fact
11
paradigm shift
31
Parent
97
compatible
209
shortcut
123
fisher
56
difference
620
seaq
27
lp
22
serviceability
8
set up
175
Condemn
199
likely
458
baseless
131
supplier
292
Interference
54
Whirl
35
Riot
114
divorce
508
come on
172
Reason
238
chic
382
phantom
177
hinterland
32
prepayment
26
poison
486
Mill
168
Arrive
237
Filter
116
clog
340
Religious
188
mum
52
Idle
71
realm
484
Determined
105
prefer
447
debate
515
authorize
337
drollery
47
disambiguate
164
buttery
66
taint
109
poverty-stricken
66
Anguish
172
bobsleigh
71
pac
28
Underprivileged
56
Difficult situations and experiences
135
dress up
122
holdover
142
survival
495
heartless
41
unrealized
29
disneyland
75
rowdier
20
agent provocateur
115
discontinuance
65
HALT
115
overcloud
20
clothes horse
119
hindi
45
half cocked
177
euphemistic
79
ransacking
19
twirler
22
subtract
357
balance sheet
180
analyse
516
Mix
258
skydiving
30
convector
73
Bard
76
Sunk
19
windjammer
27
dea
20
potential
490
footstool
88
run-up
23
ghats
31
for now
76
merit
423
tortuosity
18
precondition
77
Stimulate
247
displease
470
pow
34
grandfather
428
curriculum
403
Architect
248
slowly
314
Galactic
27
Defraud
99
Fluency
151
ah
82
Windsor
76
insightful
152
Throw
313
schoolmaster
24
rider
416
unorthodox
255
priestess
24
vivace
29
readymade
18
coronation
98
ashen
81
despatch
107
turn down
126
painless
39
classic
469
insufficient
673
hustler
32
Chapatti
69
drum majorette
57
five-a-side
150
Fart
29
ko
29
String
75
unbent
23
unconfirmed
35
exult
183
fever
414
gherkin
113
shade
451
slave
429
Cultural
152
pillowy
14
spindle
26
high table
123
id
39
baseline
170
Tucked
36
Riposte
139
bedsore
152
phonograph
32
mouse
471
daily
426
kedgeree
27
organize
540
doorless
71
Touch
282
joule
27
unfocused
18
solitaire
151
chenille
83
implication
474
Freelance
200
textbook
454
stingier
20
embrace
951
stupefying
86
shire
25
section
473
Balcony
180
portakabin
37
retrace
39
spread betting
15
botany
88
recon
28
well grounded
7
wakeful
24
wheeze
190
whip
436
conceivable
317
French toast
14
demilitarize
61
eyesight
440
tented
16
acquainted
155
gratuitous
212
Nasty
147
Burgle
96
disheartened
171
squeamish
296
connexion
104
masque
21
gardener
602
catharsis
88
double-cross
424
wiper
46
reactivate
25
squelch
129
woolies
21
navy
410
Materialistic
72
hamburger
396
Disk
93
rugged
133
perk
183
denote
167
clever
445
giro
95
Mimic
121
Egyptian
31
Marginal
60
trace
485
coverage
292
mayfly
34
blow-dryer
64
astrology
90
hinduism
30
silica
156
Skinny
119
tanked
21
shipload
27
quintessentially
19
blue-sky
106
thermometer
417
Befall
156
handsome
545
securitization
23
Marine
95
regime
203
shear
400
measure
585
catcall
92
casket
175
circumstancess
12
Cacti
11
the poverty line
43
upright
417
within
360
theatre
468
Somewhat
226
librarian
469
gut
307
sliding
39
paparazzi
76
genie
84
Slip
202
frozen
112
A
148
compact
148
strap
523
sow
455
heuristic
28
Dynamite
74
equable
71
boardroom
126
rainwater
24
uninformed
39
commitments
42
Yell
151
superhighway
29
broking
66
whittling
27
bluff
95
teddy
19
peel
379
slime
27
diving bell
104
destroyer
187
assailant
159
guru
165
rebellion
495
fable
111
ragbag
67
Fish
57
centimetre
527
unhappily
19
somnolent
32
demotic
87
Strip
123
satellite
522
cbe
55
accelerate
739
Wealth
90
flesh sth out
78
cross-fertilize
151
rightful
164
asbo
61
dustbin
115
initial
465
jackknife
28
favor
632
Manage
256
samoa
27
rollover
25
gemini
72
Reduce
233
sick
254
gibbon
102
gratifying
139
Adolescent
77
independence
482
Try
189
Tune
183
spode
17
Biometric
81
surrealism
33
thief
475
-ette
34
leak
675
large
271
owing to
72
marchlike
15
filter
560
muddle
212
volatile
241
flag
570
Destiny
517
accrue
194
hasp
25
dagga
54
You said it
52
rhythm
512
bleeding heart
81
devil
414
blackmail
105
Soft
81
FIST
112
hints
16
favourable
479
jade
52
Recruitment
289
remains
557
occur
1217
r
52
Democratic
103
parcel
424
concessionaire
121
furnish
384
hammered
82
treasure
577
pin
457
Promise
160
Therapist
200
Urge
1208
Resemblance
853
a foregone conclusion
60
stinking
85
Outright
175
deviate
142
particularities
22
All-nighter
63
Countless
172
fuel injection
109
titan
20
clickstream
88
sangoma
24
Means
84
rust
648
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
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