Definition of cross-breed in English:

cross-breed

verbˈkrɒsbriːd

[with object]

1Produce (an animal or plant) by mating or hybridizing two different species, breeds, or varieties.
杂交品种，杂种
he taught himself how to cross-breed superior seeds
Example sentencesExamples
- The sun shone down on the show, which saw a cross-bred coloured steer calf take the cattle championship.
- We chose a lovely nine-month-old cross-bred Labrador/collie female from the RSPCA at Landing Lane and she quickly made herself at home with the family.
- A chimeric animal would be fundamentally different from a hybrid, which is created by cross-breeding two species.
- Though cross-breeding or hybridizing sometimes diminishes a tulip's ability to ‘perennialize, ‘other times it enhances this ability.
- Many country sounds are so terrifying they could easily have come from the throat of a rabid bat mutation or a savage, cross-bred boar-wolf.
- They will cross-breed the mice from the two strains to create a population which has a mixture of metabolic rates.
- The small black and tan cross-bred dog had been left to starve and was so emaciated he was close to death.
- They test and cross-breed vegetables for production of a greater yield, superior taste and sometimes a higher nutrient content and flowers for earlier and bigger blossoms or a stronger fragrance.
- At the beginning of the 20th Century, farmers were cross-breeding corn to increase crop yields and to get a better-tasting ear of corn.
- In the west, cross-bred lambs are making 10-12 euro with their weight and the smaller horned lambs are making 2-3 euro with their weight.
- A grand cross-bred Hereford steer secured the challenge cup for the best fat beast in the show.
- Apart from the rainbows and browns, it is stocked with some cross-bred trout which seem to be gaining in popularity at fisheries.
- His main concern is fertility levels - he will scan a percentage of the first cross-bred milkers next month.
- When the cross-bred dogs were examined they were found to be thin, infested with fleas and suffering from hair loss.
- People have been genetically modifying plants and animals for centuries by cross-breeding animals and plants that can naturally breed together.
- We've cross-bred the donkey and the horse, the lion and the tiger, and I want more.
- Wilbur is a cross-bred Chinese boar of considerable proportions and a fascinating genetic history.
- Cattle that qualify for the brand are exclusively English and English cross-bred cattle.
- The tomato, which is a crop that has been cross-bred so many times over the past 500 years that it barely resembles the tiny, bitter South American fruit from which it was originally derived.
- He had bred cross-bred sheep for several years.
Synonyms
cross-bred, mixed-breed, half-breed, hybrid
1. 1.1 Hybridize (a breed, species, or variety) with another.
  使杂交
  they cross-breed traditional sheep with the local breeds from various English counties
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘They cross-breed them with canaries to get what they call ‘mules’, which create different colours and varieties.’
  This was accomplished by cross-breeding regular chickens with chickens naturally balding because of a ‘naked-neck’ gene.
  There he introduced a new hybrid of the perfumed orchid called Miss Udorn Sunshine, after cross-breeding the V. Josephine Van Berrow orchid with the V. Denisonlana Sampoydong orchid.
  He produced his chicken by cross-breeding a boiler chicken with another breed that has a naturally bare neck.
  The stud goats will be cross-bred with Caprivi goats to improve the milk yields of the local goats.
  The development and unification to a type, however, was carried on mostly in Germany, where native boar-hounds were evidently cross-bred with numerous imported English hounds.
  Synonyms
  hybridize, cross-breed, interbreed, cross-fertilize, cross-pollinate, intercross, mix, intermix, blend
2. 1.2no object (of an animal or plant) breed with a different breed, species, or variety.
  （动植物）杂交
  the danger of weeds cross-breeding with crops
  Example sentencesExamples
  The African bees cross-bred with European bees that had been imported earlier by the industry.
  The legislation would also ban cross-breeding to develop more aggressive animals.
  Gibbon species are able to cross-breed, and often do so in zoos.
  They are in demand for cross-breeding with Thoroughbreds to produce 3-day eventers (dressage, field jumping, show jumping), jumpers and dressage horses.
  And they are experimenting with cross-breeding, hoping to create a hybrid fish for farming.
  If GM oilseed rape is grown practically anywhere in the UK, cross-breeding will be almost inevitable, it claims.
  Did cross-breeding with European bees make them more dangerous or did the cross-breeding perhaps even dilute the aggressiveness?
  We don't know that these plants won't cross-breed with wild/weed plants to create super weeds.
  It is the first known case of such an occurrence in Britain and overturns previous scientific assumptions that charlock was unlikely to cross-breed with GM oilseed rape.
  When they escape into the wild they take their parasites with them and, by cross-breeding with the wild salmon, they cause genetic pollution by decreasing the fitness of the wild population.
  We do not want to see those other three breeds - which could cross-breed and become a problem - follow the example of what has happened with the American pit bull.
  Wild varieties, with natural resistance, can be used to cross-breed for a defence against the new pest.
  Increasingly in order to be competitive, lamb on the butcher's slab comes from sheep cross-bred for size and fast weight gain, kept partially indoors and fed concentrates, thus ready for market at 13 weeks.
  A wide variety of dogs took part including Alaskan malamutes and a cross-bred variety called Euro-hounds, which are renowned for their speed.
  Extensive cross-breeding was required in their development as food.
  These have cross-bred in some of the lakes and they have had to make certain lakes free of ordinary carp to stop the crucians cross-breeding.
  Two teams of scientists have found the weeds are cross-breeding with genetically modified crops, making them nearly impossible to kill with pesticides.
  In the past, we did our engineering through cross-breeding and lots of trial and error.
  If wolves come into contact with domestic dogs, they pick up diseases and may cross-breed.
  But it is now an endangered species and could well become extinct through cross-breeding.
  Synonyms
  composite, cross-bred, interbred

noun ˈkrɒsbriːd

An animal or plant produced by mating or hybridizing two different species, breeds, or varieties.
杂交品种，杂种
as modifier a cross-breed Labrador
一只杂种的拉布拉多犬。
Example sentencesExamples
- The tiny cross-breeds, no more than four weeks old, were dumped by a mystery man seen leaving the cardboard box in a field.
- The cross-breed puppy will be trained to be the ‘ears’ of a deaf person as a living testimony to the lifetime she has spent raising money for deaf people.
- Cadras were a cross-breed of a donkey and a camel, and were common travelling animals.
- They took in four young unwanted cross-breed dogs last month.
- The canine has triumphed in the northern heat of the cross-breed awards.
- The puppies are all black and white cross-breeds and show clear signs of having collie or terrier in their breeding line.
- The two dogs were cross-breeds of a mastiff and bull terrier.
- That is a reasonable ask of the owners of such dogs, regardless of whether their dogs are cross-breeds.
- Other results showed that there was no distinction between pedigree and mongrel dogs although pedigree cats performed better than cross-breed cats.
- Sally with her handler Laura proved that cross-breeds are just as good at obedience and agility as their pedigree counterparts.
- When they approached the railway bridge, the cross-breed dog, Basil, started to chase something.
- Pure breeding produces more uniform stock but the advantages of cross-breed vigour are lost.
- As any good breeder of any animal will tell us, the straight breed is not the problem; it is the cross-breed.
- The dog, a brown and grey cross-breed thought to be four or five years old, was taken in to the police station by someone who claimed it was a stray.
- This cross-breed pooch's predicament behind bars is a taste of more to come as many animals given as Christmas gifts become unwanted.
- The brave bobby dragged cross-breed Max from a fierce house fire seconds before a huge explosion ripped through the house.
- The five cross-breed puppies, no more than four weeks old, were found terrified and dehydrated.
Synonyms
hybrid, hybridization, cross-breed, mixed breed, half-breed, half blood, mixture, amalgam, blend, combination, composite, conglomerate

词汇	cross-breed
释义	Definition of cross-breed in English: cross-breed verbˈkrɒsbriːd [with object] 1Produce (an animal or plant) by mating or hybridizing two different species, breeds, or varieties. 杂交品种，杂种 he taught himself how to cross-breed superior seeds Example sentencesExamples The sun shone down on the show, which saw a cross-bred coloured steer calf take the cattle championship. We chose a lovely nine-month-old cross-bred Labrador/collie female from the RSPCA at Landing Lane and she quickly made herself at home with the family. A chimeric animal would be fundamentally different from a hybrid, which is created by cross-breeding two species. Though cross-breeding or hybridizing sometimes diminishes a tulip's ability to ‘perennialize, ‘other times it enhances this ability. Many country sounds are so terrifying they could easily have come from the throat of a rabid bat mutation or a savage, cross-bred boar-wolf. They will cross-breed the mice from the two strains to create a population which has a mixture of metabolic rates. The small black and tan cross-bred dog had been left to starve and was so emaciated he was close to death. They test and cross-breed vegetables for production of a greater yield, superior taste and sometimes a higher nutrient content and flowers for earlier and bigger blossoms or a stronger fragrance. At the beginning of the 20th Century, farmers were cross-breeding corn to increase crop yields and to get a better-tasting ear of corn. In the west, cross-bred lambs are making 10-12 euro with their weight and the smaller horned lambs are making 2-3 euro with their weight. A grand cross-bred Hereford steer secured the challenge cup for the best fat beast in the show. Apart from the rainbows and browns, it is stocked with some cross-bred trout which seem to be gaining in popularity at fisheries. His main concern is fertility levels - he will scan a percentage of the first cross-bred milkers next month. When the cross-bred dogs were examined they were found to be thin, infested with fleas and suffering from hair loss. People have been genetically modifying plants and animals for centuries by cross-breeding animals and plants that can naturally breed together. We've cross-bred the donkey and the horse, the lion and the tiger, and I want more. Wilbur is a cross-bred Chinese boar of considerable proportions and a fascinating genetic history. Cattle that qualify for the brand are exclusively English and English cross-bred cattle. The tomato, which is a crop that has been cross-bred so many times over the past 500 years that it barely resembles the tiny, bitter South American fruit from which it was originally derived. He had bred cross-bred sheep for several years. Synonyms cross-bred, mixed-breed, half-breed, hybrid 1.1 Hybridize (a breed, species, or variety) with another. 使杂交 they cross-breed traditional sheep with the local breeds from various English counties Example sentencesExamples ‘They cross-breed them with canaries to get what they call ‘mules’, which create different colours and varieties.’ This was accomplished by cross-breeding regular chickens with chickens naturally balding because of a ‘naked-neck’ gene. There he introduced a new hybrid of the perfumed orchid called Miss Udorn Sunshine, after cross-breeding the V. Josephine Van Berrow orchid with the V. Denisonlana Sampoydong orchid. He produced his chicken by cross-breeding a boiler chicken with another breed that has a naturally bare neck. The stud goats will be cross-bred with Caprivi goats to improve the milk yields of the local goats. The development and unification to a type, however, was carried on mostly in Germany, where native boar-hounds were evidently cross-bred with numerous imported English hounds. Synonyms hybridize, cross-breed, interbreed, cross-fertilize, cross-pollinate, intercross, mix, intermix, blend 1.2no object (of an animal or plant) breed with a different breed, species, or variety. （动植物）杂交 the danger of weeds cross-breeding with crops Example sentencesExamples The African bees cross-bred with European bees that had been imported earlier by the industry. The legislation would also ban cross-breeding to develop more aggressive animals. Gibbon species are able to cross-breed, and often do so in zoos. They are in demand for cross-breeding with Thoroughbreds to produce 3-day eventers (dressage, field jumping, show jumping), jumpers and dressage horses. And they are experimenting with cross-breeding, hoping to create a hybrid fish for farming. If GM oilseed rape is grown practically anywhere in the UK, cross-breeding will be almost inevitable, it claims. Did cross-breeding with European bees make them more dangerous or did the cross-breeding perhaps even dilute the aggressiveness? We don't know that these plants won't cross-breed with wild/weed plants to create super weeds. It is the first known case of such an occurrence in Britain and overturns previous scientific assumptions that charlock was unlikely to cross-breed with GM oilseed rape. When they escape into the wild they take their parasites with them and, by cross-breeding with the wild salmon, they cause genetic pollution by decreasing the fitness of the wild population. We do not want to see those other three breeds - which could cross-breed and become a problem - follow the example of what has happened with the American pit bull. Wild varieties, with natural resistance, can be used to cross-breed for a defence against the new pest. Increasingly in order to be competitive, lamb on the butcher's slab comes from sheep cross-bred for size and fast weight gain, kept partially indoors and fed concentrates, thus ready for market at 13 weeks. A wide variety of dogs took part including Alaskan malamutes and a cross-bred variety called Euro-hounds, which are renowned for their speed. Extensive cross-breeding was required in their development as food. These have cross-bred in some of the lakes and they have had to make certain lakes free of ordinary carp to stop the crucians cross-breeding. Two teams of scientists have found the weeds are cross-breeding with genetically modified crops, making them nearly impossible to kill with pesticides. In the past, we did our engineering through cross-breeding and lots of trial and error. If wolves come into contact with domestic dogs, they pick up diseases and may cross-breed. But it is now an endangered species and could well become extinct through cross-breeding. Synonyms composite, cross-bred, interbred noun ˈkrɒsbriːd An animal or plant produced by mating or hybridizing two different species, breeds, or varieties. 杂交品种，杂种 as modifier a cross-breed Labrador 一只杂种的拉布拉多犬。 Example sentencesExamples The tiny cross-breeds, no more than four weeks old, were dumped by a mystery man seen leaving the cardboard box in a field. The cross-breed puppy will be trained to be the ‘ears’ of a deaf person as a living testimony to the lifetime she has spent raising money for deaf people. Cadras were a cross-breed of a donkey and a camel, and were common travelling animals. They took in four young unwanted cross-breed dogs last month. The canine has triumphed in the northern heat of the cross-breed awards. The puppies are all black and white cross-breeds and show clear signs of having collie or terrier in their breeding line. The two dogs were cross-breeds of a mastiff and bull terrier. That is a reasonable ask of the owners of such dogs, regardless of whether their dogs are cross-breeds. Other results showed that there was no distinction between pedigree and mongrel dogs although pedigree cats performed better than cross-breed cats. Sally with her handler Laura proved that cross-breeds are just as good at obedience and agility as their pedigree counterparts. When they approached the railway bridge, the cross-breed dog, Basil, started to chase something. Pure breeding produces more uniform stock but the advantages of cross-breed vigour are lost. As any good breeder of any animal will tell us, the straight breed is not the problem; it is the cross-breed. The dog, a brown and grey cross-breed thought to be four or five years old, was taken in to the police station by someone who claimed it was a stray. This cross-breed pooch's predicament behind bars is a taste of more to come as many animals given as Christmas gifts become unwanted. The brave bobby dragged cross-breed Max from a fierce house fire seconds before a huge explosion ripped through the house. The five cross-breed puppies, no more than four weeks old, were found terrified and dehydrated. Synonyms hybrid, hybridization, cross-breed, mixed breed, half-breed, half blood, mixture, amalgam, blend, combination, composite, conglomerate
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