• vi. 繁殖；饲养；产生
• vt. 繁殖；饲养；养育，教育；引起
• n. [生物] 品种；种类，类型
• n. (Breed)人名；(英)布里德

词源同brew, 蒸，加热。原指小鸡孵化的过程。

breed

breed: [OE] The Old English verb brēdan came from West Germanic *brōdjan, a derivative of *brōd-, which produced brood. This in turn was based on *brō-, whose ultimate source was the Indo-European base *bhrē- ‘burn, heat’ (its other English descendants include braise, breath, and probably brawn). The underlying notion of breed is thus not ‘reproduction’ so much as ‘incubation, the warmth which promotes hatching’.
=> braise, brawn, breath, brood

breed (v.)

Old English bredan "bring young to birth, carry," also "cherish, keep warm," from West Germanic *brodjan (cognates: Old High German bruoten, German brüten "to brood, hatch"), from *brod- "fetus, hatchling," from PIE *bhreue- "burn, heat" (see brood (n.)). Original notion of the word was incubation, warming to hatch. Sense of "grow up, be reared" (in a clan, etc.) is late 14c. Related: Bred; breeding.

breed (n.)

"race, lineage, stock" (originally of animals), 1550s, from breed (v.). Of persons, from 1590s. Meaning "kind, species" is from 1580s.

1. If they are unemployed it's bound to breed resentment.

如果他们失去工作，一定会产生怨恨。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Many animals breed only at certain times of the year.

很多动物只在一年的某个时候交配繁殖。

来自《权威词典》

3. a hardy breed of sheep

适应力强的绵羊品种

来自《权威词典》

4. a rare breed of miniature horses

一种罕见的小矮马

来自《权威词典》

5. The parents are trying to breed their son a musician.

这对父母尽力要把儿子培养成为音乐家.

来自《简明英汉词典》