cull

英 [kʌl]

美 [kʌl]

v.  部分捕杀，宰杀(为防止动物种群量过多而杀掉其中一定数量)
n.  (为防止动物种群量过多而通常对最弱者的)选择性宰杀

过去分词：culled　现在分词：culling　过去式：culled　复数：culls　第三人称单数：culls　

Collins.1 / BNC.14483 / COCA.13212

短语用例

cull sth from sth

• 选出；挑出；采集
  to choose or collect sth from a source or several different sources

牛津词典

verb

• 部分捕杀，宰杀（为防止动物种群量过多而杀掉其中一定数量）
  to kill a particular number of animals of a group in order to prevent the group from getting too large

noun

• （为防止动物种群量过多而通常对最弱者的）选择性宰杀
  the act of killing some animals (usually the weakest ones) of a group in order to prevent the group from getting too large
  1. the annual seal cull
     每年对海豹的选择性宰杀

柯林斯词典

• VERB 选出;挑选;采集
  If items or ideasare culled froma particular source or number of sources, they are taken and gathered together.
  1. All this, needless to say, had been culled second-hand from radio reports...
     不用说，所有这些都是从电台报道中采集来的二手材料。
  2. Laura was passing around photographs she'd culled from the albums at home.
     劳拉正在分发她从家里相册中挑选出的相片。
  3. ...information culled from movies he had seen on television.
     从他在电视上看的电影中搜集的相关信息
• VERB 部分捕杀，选择性宰杀(为减少动物种群数量而杀掉其中较弱者)
  Tocullanimals means to kill the weaker animals in a group in order to reduce their numbers.
  1. To save remaining herds and habitat, the national parks department is planning to cull 2000 elephants.
     为挽救现存兽群和它们的栖息地，国家公园部计划选择性捕杀2,000头大象。
  2. Cullis also a noun.
     
  3. In the reserves of Zimbabwe and South Africa, annual culls are already routine.
     在津巴布韦和南非的自然保护区，每年的选择性捕杀已成惯例。

英英释义

noun

• the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
  Synonym:reject

verb

• look for and gather
  1. pick mushrooms
  2. pick flowers
  Synonym:pickpluck
• remove something that has been rejected
  1. cull the sick members of the herd

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