true-bred

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Purebred; genetically pure.
    — The issue of a wife is unlawful seed; And none's legitimate, but mongrel breed. Thou, and thy branches, have quite cross'd the strain, We ne'er shall see a true-bred whelp again.
  2. Genuine.
    — Well, for two of them, I know them to be as true-bred cowards as ever turn'd back; and for the third, if he fight longer than he sees reason, I 'll forswear arms.
  3. Of a proper lineage.
    — Come all ye true-bred Irishmen, a story I will tell Concerning bold McCarthy who in Liverpool did dwell.
  4. Inborn.
    — Experience, I grant, he probably lacks ; but he has the true-bred instinct.

词形变化

more true-bred comparative most true-bred superlative truebred alternative

词源

From true (“genuine, legitimate”) + bred (“past tense of breed”).
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