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

• Medical advance means that other diseases are failing to cull the population before Alzheimer's destroys people's minds.
  医学的进步让其他疾病无法大规模地危害人类的生命，直道痴呆症摧毁人的精神。
• Translation: Google would cull its bloated list of products so that engineers could attend to bigger priorities.
  翻译过来就是说，谷歌将要削减过于臃肿的产品线，让工程师们把精力集中在更重要的事情上。
• 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 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。
• Lao Cull's-Cull became last "being stabbed" to suffer the dismissal unfortunately.
  老卡尔的-卡尔不幸成为了最后一个“挨刀者”惨遭解雇。
• 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。
• We pledge for your attention on the massive dog cull in Beijing and save them from this pitiful lot!
  请您注意在北京大量的捕杀狗及请拯救们！
• 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。
• He says his bank is being more aggressive this year in its annual cull.
  他表示，他所在的银行今年在年度筛选中采取了更积极的措施。
• Search, cull, hold and export information related to multiple cases in parallel.
  搜索，扑杀，持有和出口有关的资料的同时多个案件。