hand-rear
verb [ T ] uk/ˌhændˈrɪər/ us/ˌhændˈrɪr/
手工饲养
(of a human) to feed and care for an animal from when it is very young
There was a problem of children taking kestrels illegally from the nest and trying to hand-rear them. 有一个问题是儿童从鸟巢中非法取走红隼并试图手工饲养它们。
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- They purchase calves just days old from six local dairy farmers and hand-rear them for 40 days.
- Some animal rights campaigners criticized the zoo's decision to hand-rear the polar bear.
- Staff at the zoo decided to hand-rear the baby African penguin after noticing that its older relative kept eating all its food.
- Barn owls are one of the hardest breeds to hand-rear and train.