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inbred

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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in·bred /ˌɪnˈbred◂/ adjective  1. HBHHBAproduced by inbreeding 近亲繁殖的2 CHARACTER OF somethinghaving developed as a natural part of your character 天生的 inbred ambition 自小就有的远大抱负
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inbredThis, I said, would prove his commitment to overcoming his inbred bourgeois morality.an inbred genetic defectHe seemed a courtly gentleman with the inbred manners of a diplomat.Underneath the bar graph are listed the inbred mouse strains or transgenics from which the analysis was made.Nuclei were isolated from cell lines or spleen from transgenic animals or inbred mouse strains.They are the inbred offspring of ten years of music press ingestion.The breeding system adopted depends on the number of animals required and whether they are of an inbred or outbred strain.There is an inbred racism in some parts of the country.He is intelligent, sensitive with an inbred understanding of children - and untrained.
in·bred adjectiveChineseSyllable
by produced Corpus inbreeding


inbred
inbred /ˌɪnˈbred◂/ adjective
1. produced by inbreeding
2. having developed as a natural part of your character:
    inbred ambition


in·bredBrE /ˌɪnˈbred/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɪnˈbred/ 🔊 adjectiveproduced by breeding among closely related members of a group of animals, people or plants 近交的;近亲繁殖的;同系交配的an inbred racehorse近交;同系交配的赛马 = inborn