breeding

名词 breeding:

1. elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
   同义词：genteelness, gentility
2. the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
   同义词：education, training
3. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
   同义词：bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing
4. the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
5. the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
   同义词：reproduction, procreation, facts of life

动词 breed:

1. call forth
   同义词：engender, breed, spawn
2. copulate with a female, used especially of horses
   同义词：breed, cover
3. cause to procreate (animals)
   同义词：breed
4. have young (animals)
   同义词：breed, multiply

形容词 breeding:

1. producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring

1. Birth is much, but breeding is more.
   出身重要，教养更重要。
2. Suited to one of good breeding; refined and polite.
   有教养的，有礼的与良好教养相称的; 优雅的，礼貌的
3. A male animal that does not mate during the breeding season, especially a young male fur seal kept from the breeding territory by older males.
   尚未交配的小雄兽在繁殖季节中未交配的雄性动物，特别指被较年长的雄性拒于交配领地之外的年轻的雄性海豹
4. People of gentle birth, good breeding, or high social position.
   出身名门者出身高贵的人，有良好的教养或高层社会地位的人