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单词 sire
释义
sire
noun[C]
uk
/saɪər/us
/saɪr/

sirenoun[C](FATHER)

amaleparentof ananimal,especiallyahorse
雄性种兽；（尤指）种马
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Names for the male & female of animals
  • billy goat
  • bitch
  • boar
  • boomer
  • buck
  • bull
  • bullock
  • cob
  • doe
  • drake
  • drone
  • ewe
  • gelding
  • mare
  • sow
  • stag
  • stallion
  • steer
  • tigress
  • tom
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Family: relations in general
Horses & similar animals

sirenoun[C](KING)

old use
used as aformofaddressto aking:
陛下
I willserveyou always, sire.我将永远为您效劳，陛下。
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Royalty, aristocracy & titles
  • accede tosomething
  • accession
  • anointed
  • anti-monarchical
  • anti-monarchist
  • duke
  • dukedom
  • earl
  • earldom
  • emir
  • MBE
  • Messrs
  • miss
  • mister
  • monarch
  • Royal Highness
  • royal prerogative
  • royalist
  • Rt. Hon.
  • Shah
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sire
verb[T]
uk
/saɪər/us
/saɪr/
tobecomethemaleparentof ananimalor thefatherof achild:
（雄性动物）繁殖；成为（孩子）的父亲
Thefoalwas sired by a cup-winningracehorse.那匹马的父亲是一匹获得过奖杯的赛马。
old useorhumorousAt theageof 70, hemarrieda muchyoungerwoman and went on to sire two morechildren.70岁时，他和一个比他年轻得多的女子结婚并且又生了两个孩子。
Synonyms
begetold use
father
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Breeds & breeding
  • beget
  • breeder
  • breeding
  • breeding ground
  • brood mare
  • crossbred
  • heritage
  • heritage breed
  • inbred
  • inbreeding
  • interbreed
  • pedigree
  • pedigreed
  • puppy farm
  • puppy mill
  • purebred
  • stud
  • teaser
  • thoroughbred
  • well bred
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(Definition ofsirefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sire| American Dictionary

sire
noun[C]
us
/sɑɪər/

sirenoun[C](MALE PARENT)

themaleparentof ananimalwith fourfeet

sirenoun[C](KING)

old use
used as aformofaddressto aking
sire
verb[T]
us
/sɑɪər/

sireverb[T](BE MALE PARENT)

to be themaleparentof ananimal:
Thelargebaycoltwas sired by Pleasant Colony.
(Definition ofsirefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsire

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The first analyses used grandoffspring of wild-caught flies as sires and dams.
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A total of 32 sires and 31 dams in 38 parental couples produced 151 litters.
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In bulls, the efficiency of in vitro fertilization is highly variable amongst individual sires.
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Their odds were improved greatly by siring offspring before the sister or in greater numbers.
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The effective size depends on the variances and means of the numbers of times (l) the sires and the dams are bred in the herd.
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151 progeny of sires used for detection of economic trait loci in dairy cattle.
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In a granddaughter design, marker genotypes are available on elite sires and their sons and trait phenotypes are observed on daughters of sons.
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The estimated substitution effects were large and similar for the four sires.
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The simulated data were generated such that sires were heterozygous at all markers.
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The sire's two marker alleles are denoted by ml, 1 on his paternal chromosome and ml, 2 on his maternal chromosome for every marker position.
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The founder population consisted of 25 sires and 50 dams, and 15 discrete generations were considered (founder generation being generation 0).
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In practice, one would start by genotyping recombinant sires for the additional, ordered markers.
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Structure 2, which has 10 sires, 200 dams and 200 progeny, can be applied to animals such as cattle or sheep.
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56 were mated with 2 sires and 13 with 3 or more.
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The distribution of progeny across the five herds was non-random for 5 sires and random for 15 sires.
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