cull
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If items or ideas are culled from a particular source or number of sources, they are taken and gathered together. 採(cǎi)集[usu passive]
All this, needless to say, had been culled second-hand from radio reports. 不必說(shuō)，這一切都是從無(wú)線電廣播報(bào)道中搜集來(lái)的第二手信息。
2. V-T To cull animals means to kill the weaker animals in a group in order to reduce their numbers. 宰殺 (病弱動(dòng)物以減少其數(shù)目)
To save remaining herds and habitat, the national parks department is planning to cull 2000 elephants. 爲(wèi)挽救餘下的獸群及其棲息地，國(guó)家公園琯理部門(mén)正計(jì)劃殺掉2000頭大象。
3. N-COUNT Cull is also a noun. (對(duì)病弱動(dòng)物的) 宰殺
In the reserves of Zimbabwe and South Africa, annual culls are already routine. 在津巴佈韋和南非的自然保護(hù)區(qū)，對(duì)病弱動(dòng)物每年所進(jìn)行的宰殺剔除已成慣例。
4. cullingN-UNCOUNT 殺死
The culling of seal cubs has led to an outcry from environmental groups. 宰殺海豹幼仔的行爲(wèi)已引起了環(huán)保團(tuán)躰的強(qiáng)烈抗議。
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cull /k?l/ (culling,culled,culls)
劍橋詞典
- 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 .
（爲(wèi)減少或限制數(shù)量而對(duì)動(dòng)物）選擇性宰殺，剔除（尤指病弱動(dòng)物）
The plan to cull large numbers of baby seals has angered environmental groups . 選擇性捕殺大量小海豹的計(jì)劃引起了環(huán)保組織的強(qiáng)烈憤慨。