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1. Oxford Dictionary

   cull

   • IPA[kʌl]

   英式

   • v.
     reduce the population of (a wild animal) by selective slaughter；send (an inferior or surplus farm animal) to be slaughtered
   • n.
     a selective slaughter of animals；an inferior or surplus livestock animal selected for culling

   • verb: cull, 3rd person present: culls, gerund or present participle: culling, past tense: culled, past participle: culled

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. reduce the population of (a wild animal) by selective slaughter he sees culling deer as a necessity 同義詞 slaughter, kill, destroy, reduce the numbers of, thin out the population of
   • ▪ send (an inferior or surplus farm animal) to be slaughtered unproductive animals can be identified and culled
   • 2. select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources anecdotes culled from Greek and Roman history 同義詞 select, choose, pick, take, obtain, ... 更多get, glean
   • ▪ archaic pick (flowers or fruit) though they may have cleared the weeds, they have also culled the flowers

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a selective slaughter of animals fishermen are to campaign for a seal cull
   • ▪ an inferior or surplus livestock animal selected for culling he keeps his female calves and sells only male calves and herd culls a cull cow