breed
US: /ˈbɹid/
UK: /bɹˈiːd/
UK: /bɹˈiːd/
English Vietnamese dictionary
breed /bri:d/
- danh từ
- nòi, giống
- dòng dõi
- (bất qui tắc) ngoại động từ bred/bred/
- gây giống; chăn nuôi
- to breed horses: gây giống ngựa, chăn nuôi ngựa
- nuôi dưỡng, chăm sóc; dạy dỗ; giáo dục
- to be bread [to be] a doctor: được nuôi ăn học thành bác sĩ
- gây ra, phát sinh ra
- dirt breeds diseases: bụi bặm làm phát sinh ra bệnh tật
- gây giống; chăn nuôi
- (bất qui tắc) nội động từ bred/bred/
- sinh sản, sinh đẻ
- birds breed in spring: chim sinh sản vào mùa xuân
- náy ra, phát sinh ra; lan tràn
- dissensions breed among them: giữa họ đã nảy ra những mối bất hoà
- chăn nuôi
- to breed in and in
- dựng vợ gả chồng trong họ hàng gần với nhau
- to breed out and out
- lấy vợ lấy chồng người ngoài họ
- too much familiarity breeds contempt
- (xem) contempt
- what is bred in the bone will not go (come) out of the flesh
- (xem) bone
- sinh sản, sinh đẻ
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb (bred, bred )
1 [V] (of animals) to have sex and produce young: Many animals breed only at certain times of the year.
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2 [VN] ~ sth (for / as sth) to keep animals or plants in order to produce young ones in a controlled way: The rabbits are bred for their long coats. + Greyhounds were originally bred as hunting dogs. + the first panda to be bred in captivity
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3 [VN] to be the cause of sth: Nothing breeds success like success.
4 [VN] [usually passive] ~ sth into sb to educate sb in a particular way as they are growing up: Fear of failure was bred into him at an early age.
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Idioms see BORN v., FAMILIARITY
+ noun
1 a particular type of animal that has been developed by people in a controlled way, especially a type of dog, cat or farm animal: Labradors and other large breeds of dog + a breed of cattle / sheep
2 [usually sing.] a type of person: He represents a new breed of politician. + Players as skilful as this are a rare breed.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 kind, sort, type, variety, species; race, lineage, stock, family, strain:
What breed of dog won at Crufts this year?
v.
2 produce, generate, bring forth, create, engender, hatch, beget, give rise to, develop, cause:
The cheese is so old it's breeding maggots. Familiarity breeds contempt.
3 raise, rear, cultivate, propagate:
Charollais cattle are widely bred in Europe today.
4 arise, originate, appear; develop, grow, increase, multiply:
The sergeant allowed discontent and jealousy to breed within his platoon.
Collocation dictionary
1 type of animal
ADJ.
new | rare | hardy
VERB + BREED
keep
a farm that keeps rare breeds
PREP.
~ of
a new breed of dairy cattle
2 particular type of person
ADJ.
new | dying, rare
Entertainers of this sort are now a dying breed.
PREP.
~ of
a new breed of international criminals
PHRASES
a breed apart
Health workers are a breed apart in their commitment and dedication to duty.
ADV.
in captivity | successfully | commercially | selectively
fish that have been selectively bred for their appearance
PREP.
for
dogs that are bred for their fighting ability
| from
She's a lovely cat. Will you breed from her?
Concise English dictionary
bred|breeds|breedingbriːd
noun
+a special lineage
+a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
+half-caste offspring of parents of different races (especially of white and American Indian parents)
+a lineage or race of people
verb
+call forth
+copulate with a female, used especially of horses
+cause to procreate (animals)
+have young (animals)
