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cull

verb

🔊/kʌl/

🔊/kʌl/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they cull	🔊/kʌl/ 🔊/kʌl/
he / she / it culls	🔊/kʌlz/ 🔊/kʌlz/
past simple culled	🔊/kʌld/ 🔊/kʌld/
past participle culled	🔊/kʌld/ 🔊/kʌld/
-ing form culling	🔊/ˈkʌlɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈkʌlɪŋ/

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cull something to kill a number of wild animals from a group, especially in order to stop the group from becoming too large部分捕杀，选择性宰杀（为防止动物种群量过多而杀掉其中一定数量）
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Cull is used with these nouns as the object:
elephant
seal
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French coillier, based on Latin colligere, from col- ‘together’ + legere ‘choose or collect’.

cull

noun

🔊/kʌl/

🔊/kʌl/

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the act of killing some wild animals from a group, especially in order to prevent the group from getting too large（为防止动物种群量过多而通常对最弱者的）选择性宰杀
- the annual seal cull每年对海豹的选择性宰杀
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Cull is used after these nouns:
seal
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French coillier, based on Latin colligere, from col- ‘together’ + legere ‘choose or collect’.