cull

verb

1. 部分捕杀，宰杀（为防止动物种群量过多而杀掉其中一定数量）
   to kill a particular number of animals of a group in order to prevent the group from getting too large

noun

1. （为防止动物种群量过多而通常对最弱者的）选择性宰杀
   the act of killing some animals (usually the weakest ones) of a group in order to prevent the group from getting too large
   1. the annual seal cull
      每年对海豹的选择性宰杀

1. VERB 选出;挑选;采集
   If items or ideas are culled from a particular source or number of sources, they are taken and gathered together.
   1. All this, needless to say, had been culled second-hand from radio reports...
      不用说，所有这些都是从电台报道中采集来的二手材料。
   2. Laura was passing around photographs she'd culled from the albums at home.
      劳拉正在分发她从家里相册中挑选出的相片。
   3. ...information culled from movies he had seen on television.
      从他在电视上看的电影中搜集的相关信息
2. VERB 部分捕杀，选择性宰杀(为减少动物种群数量而杀掉其中较弱者)
   To cull animals means to kill the weaker animals in a group in order to reduce their numbers.
   1. To save remaining herds and habitat, the national parks department is planning to cull 2000 elephants.
      为挽救现存兽群和它们的栖息地，国家公园部计划选择性捕杀2,000头大象。
   2. Cull is also a noun.
      
   3. In the reserves of Zimbabwe and South Africa, annual culls are already routine.
      在津巴布韦和南非的自然保护区，每年的选择性捕杀已成惯例。

1. All this, needless to say, had been culled second-hand from radio reports
   不用说，所有这些都是从电台报道中采集来的二手材料。
2. Laura was passing around photographs she'd culled from the albums at home.
   劳拉正在分发她从家里相册中挑选出的相片。
3. To save remaining herds and habitat, the national parks department is planning to cull 2000 elephants.
   为挽救现存兽群和它们的栖息地，国家公园部计划选择性捕杀2,000头大象。
4. Translation: Google would cull its bloated list of products so that engineers could attend to bigger priorities.
   翻译过来就是说，谷歌将要削减过于臃肿的产品线，让工程师们把精力集中在更重要的事情上。
5. State-run Xinhua news agency said authorities planned to cull birds at two live poultry markets in Shanghai and another in Hangzhou after samples of the H7N9 virus were detected in birds at the three sites.
   官方的新华社称，有关部门计划扑杀上海两个活禽批发市场和杭州一个市场的活禽，此前在这三个地方均发现H7N9禽流感病毒。
6. Record as many layers as necessary, and feel free to cull both vertically and horizontally.
   必要的话多录几层，然后任意的在水平或垂直方向剔除。
7. That cut is part of the expected fourth-quarter cull.
   这是预期中的第四季度裁员计划的一部分。
8. Medical advance means that other diseases are failing to cull the population before Alzheimer's destroys people's minds.
   医学的进步让其他疾病无法大规模地危害人类的生命，直道痴呆症摧毁人的精神。
9. Why should we submit to the new Impergium where humans cull wolves?
   凭什么我们要顺从这个人剔选狼的新农耕时代？
10. Environment Secretary David Miliband told parliament the cull should be finished later on Monday.
    环境大臣戴维对国会说，宰杀行动将于星期天晚上结束。
11. Now what does it mean to cull GetInt?
    现在我把GetInt去掉了，这是什么意思？
12. But I also understand that sometimes you have to cull the weak from the herd.
    不过我也理解有时候你们得从兽群中剔除弱者。
13. They return to cull their human herd.
    他们就会回来抓他们的人类奴隶。
14. He says his bank is being more aggressive this year in its annual cull.
    他表示，他所在的银行今年在年度筛选中采取了更积极的措施。
15. Such crashes are almost always caused by modifying the scene graph during the cull or draw traversals.
    在拣选和绘制遍历中修改场景，经常会导致这样的崩溃。
16. In Egypt, thousands of pigs were slaughtered even though the United Nations said the mass cull was a "real mistake" because the strain was not found in pigs.
    在埃及，成千上万头猪被宰杀，尽管联合国称这一大规模屠宰是个“重大错误”，因为在猪的体内并未发现这种病毒。
17. Sows testing open should be identified and watched for signs of heat or marked as a cull.
    检查出来没有发情的母猪要仔细观察其再次发情和观察是否要淘汰。
18. Lao Cull's-Cull became last "being stabbed" to suffer the dismissal unfortunately.
    老卡尔的-卡尔不幸成为了最后一个“挨刀者”惨遭解雇。
19. We pledge for your attention on the massive dog cull in Beijing and save them from this pitiful lot!
    请您注意在北京大量的捕杀狗及请拯救们！
20. The state opposition leader had called for a cull of bats, the virus natural host.
    该州反对派领导人曾呼吁扑杀该病毒的自然宿主&蝙蝠。
21. The cull is permissible, Japan says, because it amounts to "scientific" rather than commercial whaling.
    日本方面声称捕杀活动是可被容许的，因为这是“科学性质的”捕鲸，而非商业性质。
22. Search, cull, hold and export information related to multiple cases in parallel.
    搜索，扑杀，持有和出口有关的资料的同时多个案件。
23. Meanwhile, in investment banking, some divisions will still grow in spite of the broader jobs cull.
    与此同时，尽管存在更广泛的裁员，但投资银行业的某些部门仍将增长。
24. Women also account for around two-thirds of the State workforce, which means they have been more affected by the Government's cull of the public sector.
    妇女还占到国家机关工作人口的三分之二，这就意味著政府对公共部门实行人员精简时她们受到的影响会更多。
25. There are a few ways to ensure that your modifications don't collide with the cull and draw thread.
    确保你的修改并不会与拣选及绘制线程冲突的方法有以下几个。
26. The extract has not been licensed as a drug, however, because official policy now is to cull infected birds rather than treat them.
    但是这种提取物还没有获得药品证书，这是因为目前对付禽流感的官方政策是宰杀被感染的禽鸟而不是治疗它们。目前，梁剑平正在进行小鼠试验，以准备把这种药物发展为人用。
27. Mr Slater admits boar can be aggressive to protect their young, just like cows or deer, but claims the cull is going too far with even suckling mothers and piglets being shot.
    Slater先生承认就像牛或者鹿一样，野猪在保护它们的幼崽的时候是会有攻击性的。但他声称，这还没有到达屠杀正在哺乳的母猪和幼崽。
28. The main control strategy is to rapidly cull infected poultry and minimise direct contact with humans.
    禽流感的主要控制策略是宰杀感染的家禽及减少其与人的直接接触。

cull sth from sth

1. 选出；挑出；采集
   to choose or collect sth from a source or several different sources

noun

1. the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

   Synonym:    reject

verb

1. look for and gather
   1. pick mushrooms
   2. pick flowers

   Synonym:    pickpluck

2. remove something that has been rejected
   1. cull the sick members of the herd