cull

英 [kʌl] 美 [kʌl]

• v. 拣选；剔除
• n. 剔除

英英释义

Noun:

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

Verb:

1. remove something that has been rejected;

   "cull the sick members of the herd"
   

2. look for and gather;

   "pick mushrooms"
   "pick flowers"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The information is culled from various reference books.
   这份资料是从各种参考书中摘出的。
2. 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。
3. 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。

用作名词 (n.)

1. A seal cut is forbidden.
   捕杀海豹是禁止的。
2. That cut is part of the expected fourth-quarter cull.
   这是预期中的第四季度裁员计划的一部分。

经典引文

• A list of the words and phrases I'd found..showing an average daily cull from an intelligent newspaper.

  出自：Times Literary Supplement

• A cull of 375 seals is to be allowed..this summer.

  出自：Guardian

• Words aptly culled, and meanings well exprest.

  出自： G. Crabbe

• His wide general knowledge, culled from his father's library.

  出自： H. Carpenter

词汇搭配

• cull lumber 等外材
• woods cull 林中废材
• cull sizer 次果分级机
• cull of brick 光端砖
• cull eliminator 清选台,分选机...
• cull fruit 剔出的次果,残次果...

近反义词

【近义词】

• select 选择
• pick 拾
• choose 选择
• reject 拒绝
• scrap 碎片
• discard 丢弃
• castoff 抛弃的
• second 第二的
• remove 消除
• get rid of 摆脱
• cast off 遗弃
• gather 聚集
• collect 收集
• pick out 挑出
• separate 分开的
• single 单一的
• opt 选择
• pluck 摘