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

双语例句

• Why should we submit to the new Impergium where humans cull wolves?
  凭什么我们要顺从这个人剔选狼的新农耕时代？
• Meanwhile, in investment banking, some divisions will still grow in spite of the broader jobs cull.
  与此同时，尽管存在更广泛的裁员，但投资银行业的某些部门仍将增长。
• In Egypt, thousands of pigs were slaughtered even though the United Nations said the mass cull was a "real mistake" because the strain was not found in pigs.
  在埃及，成千上万头猪被宰杀，尽管联合国称这一大规模屠宰是个“重大错误”，因为在猪的体内并未发现这种病毒。
• The state opposition leader had called for a cull of bats, the virus natural host.
  该州反对派领导人曾呼吁扑杀该病毒的自然宿主&蝙蝠。
• 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。
• That cut is part of the expected fourth-quarter cull.
  这是预期中的第四季度裁员计划的一部分。
• Now what does it mean to cull GetInt?
  现在我把GetInt去掉了，这是什么意思？
• The extract has not been licensed as a drug, however, because official policy now is to cull infected birds rather than treat them.
  但是这种提取物还没有获得药品证书，这是因为目前对付禽流感的官方政策是宰杀被感染的禽鸟而不是治疗它们。目前，梁剑平正在进行小鼠试验，以准备把这种药物发展为人用。
• The cull is permissible, Japan says, because it amounts to "scientific" rather than commercial whaling.
  日本方面声称捕杀活动是可被容许的，因为这是“科学性质的”捕鲸，而非商业性质。
• Environment Secretary David Miliband told parliament the cull should be finished later on Monday.
  环境大臣戴维对国会说，宰杀行动将于星期天晚上结束。