breeding
n. 生养；教养；抚养；繁殖；血统；育种
sp. breed的现在分词.
近义词：refinement，behaviour，culture，education，upbringing，background，goodmanners，reproduction，fosterage，gentility，training，nurture，fostering，genteelness，procreation，rearing，factsoflife，raising，
英英释义
Noun
- elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
- the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior);
"a woman of breeding and refinement"
- helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community;
"they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
- the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
- the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
Adjective
- producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring;
"the breeding population" "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes"
例句
用作名词(n.)
- The priest is a person of fine breeding.这位牧师是个很有教养的人。
- He likes his wilderness to be peopled by men of breeding.他宁愿荒野上住着有教养的人。
- Earthworms stop breeding some time before they die.蚯蚓有时在它死亡前才停止繁殖。
- Female seals are needed for the breeding programme.这项繁殖计划需要一些雌海豹。
- A special treat is the peculiar courting display of the breeding American Woodcocks during the evening in late March.一个特殊的款待就是在三月下旬的傍晚美国血统的鸟鹬的罕见的求爱场面。
- The modern-day dressage horse is definitely of the lighter type, with more thoroughbred breeding within its pedigree.现代的盛装舞步马匹大多属于轻巧型，具备其自身家族谱系的纯种血统。
- Breeding hamsters is an even harder job.育种仓鼠是更难的工作。
- So was it also for the breeding kennels of East Germany.因此，它也被用于育种东德狗。