lai giống
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Definition
- Verb:
- To cross breeds: The action of mating two different breeds, varieties, or species of plants or animals to produce offspring (hybrids) with desired characteristics from both parents.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Các nhà khoa học đang lai giống lúa để tạo ra giống mới chịu hạn tốt. (Scientists are cross-breeding rice to create a new drought-resistant variety.)
- Họ đã lai giống chó Becgie với chó Bắc Kinh. (They cross-bred a German Shepherd with a Pekingese.)
- Việc lai giống cây trồng có thể giúp tăng năng suất. (Cross-breeding crops can help increase yield.)
Advanced Usage
- "lai giống chọn lọc" / "lai giống có chủ đích": selective breeding / intentional cross-breeding.
- Dự án tập trung vào lai giống chọn lọc để cải thiện chất lượng thịt bò. (The project focuses on selective breeding to improve beef quality.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lai tạo (verb): Often used interchangeably with "lai giống," meaning to hybridize or cross-breed, sometimes with a stronger connotation of creation or development.
- Lai tạo giống hoa mới (To hybridize a new flower variety)
- Con lai / Giống lai (noun): The hybrid offspring or the hybrid breed itself.
- Con lai giữa sư tử và hổ được gọi là "liger". (The hybrid between a lion and a tiger is called a "liger".)
- Sự lai giống (noun): The process or act of cross-breeding.
- Sự lai giống đòi hỏi kiến thức chuyên môn. (Cross-breeding requires expert knowledge.)
Synonyms
- Ghép giống (verb): To graft or cross breeds (often used in a similar agricultural/biological context).
- Lai (verb): A shorter, more general form meaning to cross or hybridize.
- lai giữa hai loài (to cross between two species)
Related Phrases
- Công nghệ lai giống: Breeding technology.
- Công nghệ lai giống hiện đại (Modern breeding technology)
- Phương pháp lai giống: Breeding method.
- phương pháp lai giống truyền thống (traditional breeding method)
Notes on Usage
- "Lai giống" is primarily used in the contexts of agriculture, animal husbandry, and biology. It is a technical term but is also understood in general use.
- It specifically refers to the of creating hybrids. The result is a "giống lai" (hybrid breed) or "con lai" (hybrid individual).
- Do not confuse with "lai" alone, which can be a more general verb for mixing or can function as an adjective meaning "mixed-race" or "hybrid." "Lai giống" explicitly denotes the purposeful act of breeding.
verb
- to cross breeds