单词 | de-beak |
释义 | de-beak, v.|diːˈbiːk| [f. de- II. 2 + beak n.1] trans. To remove the beak from. Hence deˈbeaking vbl. n.
1937Ohio Agric. Experiment Station Bimonthly Bull. Jan.–Feb. 37 There is only one way to debeak [chickens] properly and effectively. Only the upper beak is removed. The beak is not cut off; it is torn off. 1955Sci. News Let. 16 July 46/3 Debeaking turkeys reduces losses from cannibalism. 1959Observer 8 Mar. 3/4 The ill-fated chicks..have to be..debeaked to prevent them tearing one another to pieces. 1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 15 Mar. 133/1 Once feather pecking and cannibalism become established as a vice in intensively kept layers the only cure is debeaking. |

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