crossbreed

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds.
    — When I ask about these dogs, they are described to me as the local mutts, mongrels, pavement specials, crossbreeds.
动词 v.
  1. To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize. transitive
    — Recalling the crossbreeding of the lakeside daisy, he insists, "If we hadn't polluted that population with Ohio plants it might have vanished.
  2. To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed. intransitive
  3. To mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid. transitive

词形变化

crossbreeds present,singular,third-person crossbreeding participle,present crossbred participle,past crossbred past cross-breed alternative xbreed alternative crossbreeds plural cross-breed alternative xbreed alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
crossbreeder

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English cross-
English breed
English crossbreed
From cross- + breed.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English cross-
English breed
English crossbreed
From cross- + breed.
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