culling
present participle ofcull
| 单词 | culling |
| 释义 | culling present participle ofcull cull verb[T] uk/kʌl/us/kʌl/Whenpeoplecullanimals, theykillthem,especiallytheweakermembersof aparticulargroupof them, inordertoreduceorlimittheirnumber: Theplanto culllargenumbersofbabysealshasangeredenvironmentalgroups. Killing
cullnoun[C]ukus theannualreddeercull Phrasal verbcullsomethingfromsomething Examplesofcullingculling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. More specifically, the aim is to assess whether and how time-variablecullingpolicies can be more efficient than the best constantculling policy. From theCambridge English Corpus Withcullingduring the first month in an area around the initial infection, profits increase up to 500-fold. From theCambridge English Corpus These transitions are based on on-farm data sets and so included farmer management practices (cullingrules and cross-fostering). From theCambridge English Corpus Table 3 demonstrates how wildlife abundance varies with thecullingcoefficient m under the two regimes. From theCambridge English Corpus The estimation of repeatability and heritability from records subject toculling. From theCambridge English Corpus Since s (p, x) can have either a positive or a negative value, a modification must be made to the minimaxcullingalgorithm. From theCambridge English Corpus In a 1-stagecullingsystem all breeding animals are discarded after a given number of breeding seasons. From theCambridge English Corpus For subclinical or clinical infections that were last detected at dry-off or atculling, sample date was taken as the endpoint of infection. From theCambridge English Corpus In many situations, and whenever possible, an earlycullingmay in fact considerably increase annual effective size. From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, the hunting rate is usually assumed to be constant over time, while in reality health authorities can implement more flexiblecullingpolicies. From theCambridge English Corpus The general tendency is contrary to the expectation that annual effective size would increase with increasing life span or with increasingcullingstage. From theCambridge English Corpus This ratio can be increased either by increasing thecullingrate or by doing nocullingat all. From theCambridge English Corpus Cullingfor low milk production was occasionally practised but within-herd systematic selection was not performed. From theCambridge English Corpus The reason is that banning trade will not stop thecullingof elephants if the managing agency aims to maximize social welfare. From theCambridge English Corpus In the case of a livestock reservoir, vaccination of livestock (when available) may now make more sense thanculling. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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