| [/kʌl; kʌl/] v 用法:
1 [Tn] (a) kill (a certain number of usu weaker animals) in a herd, in order to reduce its size 杀掉（一定数量的通常为体弱的动物）以减少兽群总数; 剔除:
Deer are culled by hunters. 猎人把鹿杀掉了一批.
(b) reduce (the herd) in this way 用有选择地杀掉一部分的方法减少（牧群的数量）:
The herd must be culled. 必须有选择地杀掉部分牧畜. 用法:
2 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (from sth) select or obtain sth from various different sources 从各个不同的方面挑选出或获得某事物:
information culled from various reference books 从各种参考书中摘出的资料. cull 2
n 用法:
1 [C] act of culling 剔除; 挑选:
an annual seal cull 一年一度对体弱海豹的杀戮. 用法:
2 [sing] animal(s) culled 剔出来杀掉的动物:
sell the cull as meat 出售被剔出来杀掉的动物以供食用. |