culling

英 [ˈkʌlɪŋ]

美 [ˈkʌlɪŋ]

v.  部分捕杀，宰杀(为防止动物种群量过多而杀掉其中一定数量)
cull的现在分词

现在分词：culling　复数：cullings　

BNC.37586 / COCA.31453

柯林斯词典

• VERB 选出;挑选;采集
  If items or ideasare culled froma particular source or number of sources, they are taken and gathered together.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. ...information culled from movies he had seen on television.
     从他在电视上看的电影中搜集的相关信息
• VERB 部分捕杀，选择性宰杀(为减少动物种群数量而杀掉其中较弱者)
  Tocullanimals means to kill the weaker animals in a group in order to reduce their numbers.
  1. 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。
  2. Cullis also a noun.
     
  3. In the reserves of Zimbabwe and South Africa, annual culls are already routine.
     在津巴布韦和南非的自然保护区，每年的选择性捕杀已成惯例。

双语例句

• Huge sacrifices have been made by small farmers in culling their poultry flocks.
  小型农场主宰杀他们的鸡群，作出了极大的牺牲。
• Ideally, people culling and disposing of birds should have protective equipment.
  宰杀和处理禽类的人应该配备保护装置。
• Second, attractive slaughter cow prices appear to be encouraging much heavier culling of cows from the herd.
  其次，诱人的奶牛屠宰价格似乎鼓励人们更多地将奶牛从牛群中筛选出来。
• Improving veterinary services, emergency preparedness plans and control campaigns including culling, vaccination and compensation.
  改进兽医服务、应急防备计划和控制运动，包括扑杀、接种疫苗和补偿。
• But this 'natural culling' simply defers the pain.
  但这个“自然淘汰”只是将痛楚延迟而已。
• I don't expect to make it past this next round of culling, but who knows?
  我不期望，使过去这下一轮的淘汰，但谁知道？
• With your help, before the next culling.
  有了你们的帮助，在下次提炼之前。
• Poultry culling is under way in northern Iraq and large numbers of birds have already been destroyed.
  在伊拉克北部正在开展禽类扑杀，并且已经杀死大量禽鸟。
• One aim of the research is to develop effective culling strategies for the island's bison population.
  研究目标之一是为该岛的北美野牛族群研发出有效的筛选策略。南加州大学教授，艾瑞克。
• I was captured during a culling on my planet.
  我在我们的星球被抓住了。