cull
/kʌl/
- vt.
- 采，摘，拣
- n.
- 拣出的等外品，被剔出的动物
中文释义来自 ECDICT
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词源链
- 英语English
cull
词源说明
From Middle English cullen, cuilen, coilen, from Old French cuillir (“collect, gather, select”), from Latin colligō (“gather together”). Doublet of coil.
释义
动词verb
- 1To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
- 2To gather, collect.
- 3To select (animals, plants, humans, etc) from a group and then kill (them) in a controlled manner, typically to reduce the numbers of the group or remove group members who have an undesirable characteristic.
- 4by extensionTo kill (an animal, person, etc), for any reason.
- 5To lay off