cull

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the annual seal cull
每年對海豹的選擇性宰殺
It is usually good practice to cull the poorest prior to field planting.
通常在實(shí)踐上的好方法是在出圃栽植前挑出最弱的苗木.
Said Dr. Cull to the high school students touring the laboratory.
卡爾博士對前來蓡觀實(shí)騐室的高中生們說.
the annual seal cull
每年對海豹的選擇性宰殺
To save remaining herds and habitat, the national parks department is planning to cull 2000 elephants.
爲(wèi)挽救現(xiàn)存獸群和它們的棲息地，國家公園部計劃選擇性捕殺2,000頭大象。

When people cull animals, they kill them, especially the weaker members of a particular group of them, in order to reduce or limit their number.

If items or ideas are culled from a particular source or number of sources, they are taken and gathered together.
To cull animals means to kill the weaker animals in a group in order to reduce their numbers.
Cull is also a noun.
culling