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单词 cull
释义
cull
verb[T]
uk
/kʌl/us
/kʌl/
Whenpeoplecullanimals, theykillthem,especiallytheweakermembersof aparticulargroupof them, inordertoreduceorlimittheirnumber:
（为减少或限制数量而对动物）选择性宰杀，剔除（尤指病弱动物）
Theplanto culllargenumbersofbabysealshasangeredenvironmentalgroups.选择性捕杀大量小海豹的计划引起了环保组织的强烈愤慨。
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cull

noun[C]uk
us
theannualreddeercull

Phrasal verb

cullsomethingfromsomething
(Definition ofcullfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
cull
verb[T]
uk
/kʌl/us
/kʌl/
Whenpeoplecullanimals, theykillthem,especiallytheweakermembersof aparticulargroupof them, inordertoreduceorlimittheirnumber.
（为减少或限制数量而对动物）选择性宰杀，剔除（尤指病弱动物）
Theplanto culllargenumbersofbabysealshasangeredenvironmentalgroups.选择性捕杀大量小海豹的计划引起了环保组织的强烈愤慨。

Phrasal verb

cullsthfromsth

cull| American Dictionary

cull
verb[T]
us
/kʌl/
tocollectpartsorpiecesof something to use for anotherpurpose:
She went tostrangelandsto cullrecipesfor herbook.
If you cullanimalsorplants, youkillorremovethem:
to cullgrowingherdsbefore theyrunout offood
cullingdeadtimber
(Definition ofcullfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

cull| Business English

cull
verb[T]
WORKPLACEinformal
uk
/kʌl/us
toreducethenumberofpeoplethatworkfor aparticularcompanyby alargeamount:
Theprogrammeofredundancieswasintendedto cull 1000jobs.
Thecompanyhas culled 1,900peoplefromitsworkforce.
cull
noun[C]
WORKPLACE
uk
/kʌl/us
alargereductionin thenumberofpeoplethatworkfor aparticularcompany:
The cull willaffectalmost15% of the 7,000staff.
amanagement/staffcull
(Definition ofcullfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcull

cull
The sows are assigned to the following pools : replacement gilts, batches and culled sows.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Table 3 demonstrates how wildlife abundance varies with the culling coefficient m under the two regimes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The estimation of repeatability and heritability from records subject to culling.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Since s (p, x) can have either a positive or a negative value, a modification must be made to the minimax culling algorithm.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the case of a livestock reservoir, vaccination of livestock (when available) may now make more sense than culling.
From theCambridge English Corpus
First, the consumption of game meat consists of the illegal off-take and legal game meat distributed from the managed culls, and these are considered homogenous.
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On the other hand, very high culling efforts can be too expensive to be achieved.
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In the present work, we investigate the effect of more realistic, timevariant culling strategies by explicitly using a cost-benefit framework.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Equations (2) can be modified to take into account the number of times (l) the individuals are bred before culling.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Seropositive animals should be culled within 30 days of marking them on the farm.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Following confirmation of cases, there is a period before the farm eliminates scrapie (culling infected animals and certain bloodlines).
From theCambridge English Corpus
The estimation of variance and covariance components with an application when records are subject to culling.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the simulation, they are culled by default because of infertility.
From theCambridge English Corpus
At the end of the study, all birds were culled.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The 6 treated pheasants contained 33n8p12n1 (1 standard error) worms when culled at 25 days post-infection.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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