vt. 产(后代),生;产生,导致;优生交配;养育,训练
vi. 产仔;繁殖,旺盛生长;
n. 属;种类;类型;血统
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词
S+~(+A)
Rabbits breed quickly.
兔子繁殖很快。
Birds breed in the spring.
鸟类在春季繁殖。
用作及物动词
S+~+ n./pron.
The bear bred two cubs.
这熊生了两只小熊。
Yet every mother breeds not sons alive.
一母生百子,百子皆不同。
They breeds cattle for the market.
他们饲养牲畜以供应市场。
用作宾补动词
S+~+ n./pron. +(as+) n./adj.
The parents are trying to breed their son a musician.
这对父母尽力要把儿子培养成为音乐家。
He was bred up as a painter.
他从小被作为画家培养。
1. If they are unemployed it's bound to breed resentment.
如果他们失去工作,一定会产生怨恨。
2. Many animals breed only at certain times of the year.
很多动物只在一年的某个时候交配繁殖。
3. a hardy breed of sheep
适应力强的绵羊品种
4. a rare breed of miniature horses
一种罕见的小矮马
5. The parents are trying to breed their son a musician.
这对父母尽力要把儿子培养成为音乐家.
6. Education and experience breed a breadth of vision and understanding to him.
教育和经历使他眼界开阔.