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

• 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？
• Record as many layers as necessary, and feel free to cull both vertically and horizontally.
  必要的话多录几层，然后任意的在水平或垂直方向剔除。
• 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。
• State-run Xinhua news agency said authorities planned to cull birds at two live poultry markets in Shanghai and another in Hangzhou after samples of the H7N9 virus were detected in birds at the three sites.
  官方的新华社称，有关部门计划扑杀上海两个活禽批发市场和杭州一个市场的活禽，此前在这三个地方均发现H7N9禽流感病毒。
• Such crashes are almost always caused by modifying the scene graph during the cull or draw traversals.
  在拣选和绘制遍历中修改场景，经常会导致这样的崩溃。
• 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。
• Mr Slater admits boar can be aggressive to protect their young, just like cows or deer, but claims the cull is going too far with even suckling mothers and piglets being shot.
  Slater先生承认就像牛或者鹿一样，野猪在保护它们的幼崽的时候是会有攻击性的。但他声称，这还没有到达屠杀正在哺乳的母猪和幼崽。
• Women also account for around two-thirds of the State workforce, which means they have been more affected by the Government's cull of the public sector.
  妇女还占到国家机关工作人口的三分之二，这就意味著政府对公共部门实行人员精简时她们受到的影响会更多。
• The main control strategy is to rapidly cull infected poultry and minimise direct contact with humans.
  禽流感的主要控制策略是宰杀感染的家禽及减少其与人的直接接触。