cull: [15] Ultimately, cull is the same word as collect. It comes via Old French cuillir from Latin colligere ‘gather together’, whose past participial stem collēct- formed the original basis of English collect. The Latin verb was a compound formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and legere ‘gather’ (source also of English elect, neglect, select, etc). => collect, elect, lecture, legend, neglect, select
cull (v.)
early 14c., "choose, select, pick; collect and gather the best things from a number or quantity," especially with reference to literary selections, from Old French cuiler "collect, gather, pluck, select" (12c., Modern French cueillir), from Latin colligere "gather together, collect," originally "choose, select" (see collect). Meaning "select livestock according to quality" is from 1889; notion of "select and kill (animals)," usually in the name of reducing overpopulation or improving the stock, is from 1934. Related: Culled; culling.
cull (n.)
"dupe, saphead," rogues' slang from late 16c., perhaps a shortening of cullion "base fellow," originally "testicle" (from French couillon, from Old French coillon "testicle; worthless fellow, dolt," from Latin coleus, literally "strainer bag;" see cojones), though another theory traces it to Romany (Gypsy) chulai "man." Also sometimes in the form cully, however some authorities assert cully was the canting term for "dupe" and cull was generic "man, fellow," without implication of gullibility. Compare also gullible.
cull (n.)
1610s, "a selection," from cull (v.). From 1791 as "flock animal selected as inferior;" 1958 as "a killing of animals deemed inferior."
雙語例句
1. the annual seal cull
每年對(duì)海豹的選擇性宰殺
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. To save remaining herds and habitat, the national parks department is planning to cull 2000 elephants.
為挽救現(xiàn)存獸群和它們的棲息地，國家公園部計(jì)劃選擇性捕殺2,000頭大象。
來自柯林斯例句
3. It is usually good practice to cull the poorest prior to field planting.
通常在實(shí)踐上的好方法是在出圃栽植前挑出最弱的苗木.
來自辭典例句
4. Said Dr. Cull to the high school students touring the laboratory.
卡爾博士對(duì)前來參觀實(shí)驗(yàn)室的高中生們說.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Each autumn, the villagers will cull the sick members of the herd.