n. 品种；族类（breed的复数形式）

n a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
n a special type
v call forth
v copulate with a female, used especially of horses
v cause to procreate (animals)
v have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)

breed的用法和样例：

例句

用作动词(v.)

Wild animals don't breed well in captivity.野生动物圈养时不好繁殖。
How often do lions breed?狮子多长时间产一次仔?
I breed some chicks for pets.我养了一些小鸡当宠物。
Spartan youths were bred as warriors.斯巴达青年被培养成战士.

用作名词(n.)

Spaniel is a breed of dog with large ears.西班牙猎狗是一种长着大耳朵的猎狗。
His horse is of the best breed.他的马是最好的品种。
The islanders are a strong breed of people.这些岛上的居民是一种体格强壮的人。
My mother told me a story about an almost vanished Northern breed.妈妈跟我讲了个几近灭绝的北方种族的故事。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

Rabbits breed quickly.兔子繁殖很快。
Birds breed in the spring.鸟类在春季繁殖。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

The bear bred two cubs.这熊生了两只小熊。
Yet every mother breeds not sons alive.一母生百子,百子皆不同。
They breeds cattle for the market.他们饲养牲畜以供应市场。
Many farmers in this area breed cows and sheep.这个地区许多农民养牛和羊。
They have bred a new variety of rose with larger flowers.他们培养了能开大花朵的新品种的玫瑰花。
Familiarity breeds contempt.亲昵招致轻蔑。
War breeds misery and ruin.战争造成苦难与灾害。

The winning horse was bred in Ireland.获胜的马是在爱尔兰繁殖的。

用作宾补动词S+～+ n./pron. +(as+) n./adj.

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。

He was bred up as a painter.他从小被作为画家培养。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

breed birds养鸟
breed cattle and horses饲养牛和马
breed contempt招致轻蔑
breed sb a gentleman把…教养成一位绅士
breed sb a musician把…培养成音乐家

～+副词

breed intelligently智力培养
breed rapidly繁殖很快
breed selectively有选择地培养
breed in and in与近亲结婚
breed out and out异种繁殖

～+介词

breed at a university在大学里培养
breed for the church培养成牧师
breed cattle for market饲养牛供应市场
breed in luxury过奢侈生活长大
breed good manners into one's children向孩子们灌输良好的礼貌举止

经典引文

Nothing useth fire, But man alone, to show his heavenly breed.
出自：G. Herbert
He has breed in him, a real aristocrat of crime.
出自：Conan Doyle
Rotten timber breedeth wormes.
出自：J. Baret
I couldn't leave any clues to breed suspicions.
出自：J. Buchan
April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land.
出自：T. S. Eliot
Poverty and ignorance breed crime.
出自：M. L. King

【近义词】

raise上升
strain拉紧
propagate繁殖
variety多样
reproduce再生
bring up提出；教育；养育；呕出；...
race赛跑
cultivate栽培
train列车
produce生产
develop发展
type类型
stock存货
engender产生
rear后面的
create创造
cause引起
generate产生
class等级
kind亲切的
sort种类
folk人们
father父亲
tribe部落
occasion场合
form形式
sire雄性种兽
mother母亲
description描述
group群
kidney肾
bring带来
up向上
hatch孵化
multiply乘
cover封面
spawn卵

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