overbreed

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To breed excessively.
    — At different times in different nations the needs and the duties differ widely. Professor Ross has shown that China has suffered immeasurably because of the reckless overbreeding of its people. France is now in hazard of her national existence because of exactly the opposite cause.

词形变化

overbreeds present,singular,third-person overbreeding participle,present overbred participle,past overbred past

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English breed
English overbreed
From over- + breed.
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