breed做动词有繁殖;养育;引起，产生等意思，那么你知道breed的过去式是什么吗?接下来跟着小编来学习一下吧。

breed的过去式和其他时态：

过去式: bred

过去分词: bred

现在分词: breeding

breed的用法：

breed的用法1：breed的基本意思是指动物通过妊娠或卵化而产生后代,也指生命诞生之后的养育与培养。引申可指缓慢的、持续的成长过程,尤指爆发前的潜伏期。

breed的用法2：breed作“繁殖”解时可用作不及物动词,主语多为动物,泛指繁殖后代。breed作“繁殖”解时也可用作不及物动词,主语为动物时,宾语为其交配对象或所繁殖的后代; 主语为人时,意思是某人决定动物交配的时间、对象等,宾语为该动物。

breed的用法3：breed作“培养,教育”解时是及物动词,宾语为动植物,也可为人,还可以是所培养的品质等; 也可接名词或形容词充当补足语的复合宾语。

breed的用法4：breed作“引起,招致”解时,用作及物动词,宾语多为战争、疾病、动乱等不良事物。

breed的用法5：breed可用于被动结构。

breed的过去式例句：

1. He's American-bred, with a sort of Irish background somewhere along the line.

他出生在美国，家族的血统里有一部分爱尔兰血统。

2. I was born and bred in the highlands.

我在高地地区出生和长大。

3. These dogs are bred to fight.

这些狗被培育作斗犬。

4. They seemed to her rather vulgar and ill-bred.

在她看来他们非常粗俗无礼。

5. a well-bred young lady

一位有教养的少女

6. Both the twin brothers were born and bred in London.

这对双胞胎兄弟是在伦敦长大的.

7. Various kinds of fish are being bred in the reservoir.

水库里放养了许多种鱼.

8. She bred her daughter to become a statesman.

她把她的女儿培养为一名政治家.

9. The bear bred two cubs.

这只熊生了两只小熊.

10. I'm a countryman born and bred.

我是个土生土长的乡下人.

11. Well fed, well bred.

[谚]吃得饱, 懂礼貌.

12. The animals are very sensitive to disturbance and have never bred in captivity.

这些动物对外界的干扰很敏感，且从未被圈养过。

13. She was too well bred to want to hurt the little boy's feelings.

她很有涵养，不想去伤害小男孩的感情。

14. A Londoner born and bred, she suspected that a month in the country would bore her to distraction.

作为一个土生土长的伦敦人，她不相信在乡下呆一个月就会令她心烦意乱。

15. 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。