1. （宠物或牲畜的）种，品种
    A breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a breed of dog.

    e.g. ...rare breeds of cattle...
           稀有品种的牛
    e.g. Certain breeds are more dangerous than others.
           某些品种比其他品种更危险。

2. 饲养；培育
    If you breed animals or plants, you keep them for the purpose of producing more animals or plants with particular qualities, in a controlled way.

    e.g. He lived alone, breeding horses and dogs...
           他独自一人生活，饲养马匹和狗。
    e.g. He used to breed dogs for the police...
           他曾经为警方培育警犬。

3. （动物）繁殖，繁育
    When animals breed, they have babies.

breed是什么意思

    e.g. Frogs will usually breed in any convenient pond...
           通常青蛙会在任何条件适宜的池塘中繁殖。
    e.g. The area now attracts over 60 species of breeding birds.
           这一地区现在吸引了60多种鸟类到此繁育后代。

4. 产生；引起；酿成
    If you say that something breeds bad feeling or bad behaviour, you mean that it causes bad feeling or bad behaviour to develop.

    e.g. If they are unemployed it's bound to breed resentment...
           如果他们失去工作，一定会产生怨恨。
    e.g. Violence breeds violence.
           暴力会催生更多暴力。

5. 类型；种类
    You can refer to someone or something as one of a particular breed of person or thing when you want to talk about what they are like.

    e.g. Sue is one of the new breed of British women squash players who are making a real impact...
           休是英国新一代的女子壁球运动员，她们的影响正在显现出来。
    e.g. The new breed of walking holidays puts the emphasis on enjoyment, not endurance...
           这种新型的徒步旅行假日重在愉悦身心，而不是为了锻炼耐力。

6. see also: breeding;ill-bred;pure-bred;well-bred

7. （在某地）出生并长大
    Someone who was born and bred in a place was born there and grew up there.

    e.g. I was born and bred in the highlands...
           我在高地地区出生和长大。
    e.g. Born and bred in this country, he and his wife emigrated to Los Angeles after the war...
           尽管生于斯长于斯，他和妻子在战后还是移民去了洛杉矶。

8. familiarity breeds contempt -> see familiarity