cull meaning in English
vt.
〔书面语〕
1.采，摘(花)；拣，选拔。
2.拣出，剔出。
n.
拣出的东西；拣剩的东西；(不合格的)等外品；(社会中的)败类。
n.
〔俚语〕 ＝ cully.
Examples
- The mathematicians turned to culling periodic solutions .
数学家们转而去挑选周期解。 - It is usually good practice to cull the poorest prior to field planting .
通常在实践上的好方法是在出圃栽植前挑出最弱的苗木。 - Family data can be used most simply by an approach which employs an individual culling level .
使用家系资料最简单的办法，就是采用一独立的选拔标准。 - I had learned to read the face of the water as one could cull the news from the morning paper .
我象人们一眼就能够分辨晨报上的好坏消息那样，懂得了河水的喜怒哀乐。 - These statistics were culled from dr. donald t.lunde's recent monograph, murder and madness .
以上统计数字是从唐纳德伦德医生最近的专题文章《凶杀和疯狂》摘录下来的。