cull

• vt. 精选；采集（鲜花等）；剔除
• n. 剔出来杀掉的动物；拣出的等外品
• n. (Cull)人名；(英)卡尔

来自collect,收集。

1. the person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

cull

cull: [15] Ultimately, cull is the same word as collect. It comes via Old French cuillir from Latin colligere ‘gather together’, whose past participial stem collēct- formed the original basis of English collect. The Latin verb was a compound formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and legere ‘gather’ (source also of English elect, neglect, select, etc).
=> collect, elect, lecture, legend, neglect, select

cull (v.)

early 14c., "choose, select, pick; collect and gather the best things from a number or quantity," especially with reference to literary selections, from Old French cuiler "collect, gather, pluck, select" (12c., Modern French cueillir), from Latin colligere "gather together, collect," originally "choose, select" (see collect). Meaning "select livestock according to quality" is from 1889; notion of "select and kill (animals)," usually in the name of reducing overpopulation or improving the stock, is from 1934. Related: Culled; culling.

cull (n.)

"dupe, saphead," rogues' slang from late 16c., perhaps a shortening of cullion "base fellow," originally "testicle" (from French couillon, from Old French coillon "testicle; worthless fellow, dolt," from Latin coleus, literally "strainer bag;" see cojones), though another theory traces it to Romany (Gypsy) chulai "man." Also sometimes in the form cully, however some authorities assert cully was the canting term for "dupe" and cull was generic "man, fellow," without implication of gullibility. Compare also gullible.

cull (n.)

1610s, "a selection," from cull (v.). From 1791 as "flock animal selected as inferior;" 1958 as "a killing of animals deemed inferior."

an exhibition of paintings culled from regional art galleries

从各地区画廊中精选出来的绘画作品展

牛津词典

the annual seal cull

每年对海豹的选择性宰杀

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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.

期刊摘选

A good manager insures there are specific action plans for all major cull and rework defects.

一个好的经理会有详细的行动计划去降低造成废品或返工的缺陷.

期刊摘选

Jake had said, Cull has plants the ability Could ruin oneself once deep love thing.

杰克就说过, 卡尔有种能力,能把自己曾经深爱的东西毁掉.

期刊摘选

We need to do more research into their population, and we may need to cull more.

我们需要对它们的数量进行更多的研究, 而且可能会增加人工淘汰的数量. ”

期刊摘选

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.

期刊摘选

Said Dr. Cull to the high school students touring the laboratory.

卡尔博士对前来参观实验室的高中生们说.

期刊摘选

The plan to cull large numbers of baby seals has angered environmental groups.

(扑杀大量海豹宝宝的计画,已经激怒了环保组织. )

期刊摘选

And they don't like hunters, so we can't cull the wolves attacking our livestock.

他们也不喜欢猎人, 所以我们没有办法阻止狼群袭击我们的牲口.

期刊摘选

Each autumn, the villagers will cull the sick members of the herd.

每年秋天, 村民们都要挑出畜群里的病弱杀掉.

期刊摘选

Cull deeply loves his team, his training and the teammate.

卡尔热爱他的球队 、 他的教练和队友.

期刊摘选

We have no idea what lead to this dog cull.

我们没有想法什麽导致这狗拣掉.

期刊摘选

It is usually good practice to cull the poorest prior to field planting.

通常在实践上的好方法是在出圃栽植前挑出最弱的苗木.

辞典例句

the annual seal cull

每年对海豹的选择性宰杀

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

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。

柯林斯例句