culling

英 [ˈkʌlɪŋ]

美 [ˈkʌlɪŋ]

v.  部分捕杀，宰杀(为防止动物种群量过多而杀掉其中一定数量)
cull的现在分词

现在分词：culling　复数：cullings　

BNC.37586 / COCA.31453

柯林斯词典

• VERB 选出;挑选;采集
  If items or ideasare culled froma particular source or number of sources, they are taken and gathered together.
  1. All this, needless to say, had been culled second-hand from radio reports...
     不用说，所有这些都是从电台报道中采集来的二手材料。
  2. Laura was passing around photographs she'd culled from the albums at home.
     劳拉正在分发她从家里相册中挑选出的相片。
  3. ...information culled from movies he had seen on television.
     从他在电视上看的电影中搜集的相关信息
• VERB 部分捕杀，选择性宰杀(为减少动物种群数量而杀掉其中较弱者)
  Tocullanimals means to kill the weaker animals in a group in order to reduce their numbers.
  1. To save remaining herds and habitat, the national parks department is planning to cull 2000 elephants.
     为挽救现存兽群和它们的栖息地，国家公园部计划选择性捕杀2,000头大象。
  2. Cullis also a noun.
     
  3. In the reserves of Zimbabwe and South Africa, annual culls are already routine.
     在津巴布韦和南非的自然保护区，每年的选择性捕杀已成惯例。

双语例句

• Ideally, people culling and disposing of birds should have protective equipment.
  宰杀和处理禽类的人应该配备保护装置。
• The back face culling flag is flipped automatically on even-numbered triangles.
  背面剔除标志在偶数个三角形处进行自动翻转。
• Huge sacrifices have been made by small farmers in culling their poultry flocks.
  小型农场主宰杀他们的鸡群，作出了极大的牺牲。
• One aim of the research is to develop effective culling strategies for the island's bison population.
  研究目标之一是为该岛的北美野牛族群研发出有效的筛选策略。南加州大学教授，艾瑞克。
• Ten generations ago, after a severe culling, the Brotherhood was destroyed.
  十代人前，在一次大规模的袭击中，兄弟会被摧毁了。
• Shortly after killing the last Yellowstone wolves in1926, park officials were culling elk by the thousands.
  1926年，即黄石公园最后一批狼被捕杀后不久，公园工作人员挑出杀死的麋鹿数以千计。
• I was captured during a culling on my planet.
  我在我们的星球被抓住了。
• Control measures on farms have included culling, disinfection, and safe disposal of carcasses.
  农场控制措施包括扑杀、消毒和安全处置动物尸体。
• But this 'natural culling' simply defers the pain.
  但这个“自然淘汰”只是将痛楚延迟而已。
• Improving veterinary services, emergency preparedness plans and control campaigns including culling, vaccination and compensation.
  改进兽医服务、应急防备计划和控制运动，包括扑杀、接种疫苗和补偿。