cull

kʌl

Collins 1

n. the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
v. remove something that has been rejected

vt. 采, 摘, 拣
n. 拣出的等外品, 被剔出的动物

Collins 星级

14,483

BNC 频率

13,212

使用频率

cull 这个词没有明显的词根词缀结构，但可以联想到其含义，cull 是指挑选或剔除，类似于选择最好的部分。

例句

1. The farmer decided to cull the sick animals from the herd.

农民决定将生病的动物从牛群中挑出来。

2. The team needs to cull outdated information from the report.

团队需要从报告中删去过时的信息。

3. During the meeting, the manager suggested we cull some options to make a decision easier.

在会议上，经理建议我们删去一些选项以便更容易做出决定。