vt.

1. 挑出，选出；拣选
   extracts culled from the best authors

   从最佳作者作品中挑出的选段

2. 将不合格者淘汰；筛捡；剔出（树木）
   All the geese infected with the flu were culled from the farm.

   农场中所有得瘟疫的鹅都被淘汰。

3. 采集（花等）；收集
   The facts were culled from various sources.

   这些事实是从各方收集到的。

n.[C]

1. 拣选；剔除
2. 剔除的东西

v.

1. reduce the population of (a wild animal) by selective slaughter.
   ▸send (an unwanted farm animal) to be slaughtered.
2. obtain from a variety of sources:
   anecdotes culled from Greek and Roman history.

n.