culling

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act by which things are culled; the process of selecting for acceptance or removal. countable,uncountable
    — It is he who has done everything the club have asked of him since his arrival, including overseeing the brutal culling of many of the club's legends - Luis Suarez was thrown away in a phone call which, by all accounts, lasted less than 90 seconds.
  2. Anything separated or selected from a mass. countable,uncountable
  3. The theft of personal possessions from a carriage during a horse race. UK,countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Culling is performed during races by stepping up on a carriage during the time the horses are coming in, and snatching reticules, silk bags, &c., from the seats of the carriage, the attention of the ladies being drawn to the winning horse.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of cull form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

cullings plural

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