cattle
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美['kætl]
- n. 牛；家畜；畜牲
CET4 TEM4 考 研 CET6
详细释义
- 牲口，家畜，畜生，牲畜
- 牛；黄牛；公牛
- 马
- 牛属
- 阉牛，犍牛
- 卑鄙的家伙
- 一伙人
n. (名词)
- [P]牛(总称),牲口 animals with horns and cloven hoofs such as cows, bulls and bullocks, bred for their milk or meat; oxen
n. (名词)
英英释义
Noun:
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domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age;
"so many head of cattle"
"wait till the cows come home"
"seven thin and ill-favored kine"
"a team of oxen"
双语例句
- 1. The old stone cattle trough still sits by the main entrance.
- 陈旧的石制牛食槽仍然放在大门口。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Outside, two old boys lingered on the street corner discussing cattle.
- 两个老头儿在外面街角迟迟不走，聊着牛的事情。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Cowboys drove covered wagons and rode horses, lassoing cattle.
- 牛仔们有的赶着大篷车，有的骑着马，抛套索捕牛。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He had sought work as a cowboy, rounding up cattle.
- 他找了一份放牛的差事，负责把牛赶到一起。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. I run a cattle station some miles up-country.
- 我在北边几英里开外的地方有一个养牛场。
来自柯林斯例句
- There is much forage for the cattle.
那儿有很多喂牛的饲料。 - There are many herds of cattle in the meadow.
牧场上有许多牛群。 - Clover can be grown as food for cattle.
苜蓿可以用作牛饲料。 - He lives on a farm, so he knows a lot about cattle.
他住在农场，所以对家畜知之甚多。 - We wintered our cattle in the warm valley.
冬天我们在温暖的山谷中饲养家畜。 - Those poor soldiers died like cattle, without a struggle.
那些可怜的士兵未经抵抗，就象畜生一般死了。
用作名词 (n.)
- Cattle feed on grass.
牛以草为食。 - Cattle are selling for record prices this year.
牛今年的售价之高是创纪录的。 - The cattle broke into the wheat fields and did much damage.
牛群闯进了麦田,毁坏了不少庄稼。 - The cattle huddled together in a corner of the field, trying to keep dry.
牛群挤在田野上的一个角落里躲避雨淋。 - He has thirty head of cattle on the farm.
他在农场养了30头牛。 - The cattle were driven down the hill.
牛群被赶下山。 - The driver drove the cattle from the field.
那赶牲口的人把牛群从田里赶了出来。 - The little boy was herding all the cattle for this farm.
这小男孩为这座农场放牧所有的牛。 - We have branded our cattle.
我们已经给我们的牛打上了烙印。 - The cattle banded together for protection from the wind.
牲畜聚在一起抵御狂风。 - The cowboys herded the cattle and drove them to market.
这几个牧童把牲口赶在一起,并把它们赶到市场上。 - They breed cattle for the market.
他们饲养牲畜以供应市场。 - The prisoners were herded like cattle.
囚犯像牲口一样被赶到一起。 - My father attended to cattle.
我父亲照料牲口。 - Tom has a cattle ranch in California.
汤姆在加州有一个大畜牧场。 - All the farm workers had to help to haul the bags of cattle food down from the cart.
所有的农场工人不得不去把一袋袋的饲料从大车上卸下来。
用作名词 (n.)
用法讲解
n. (名词)
- cattle原意是“财产”,其后转义为“家畜”,常指菜牛或奶牛。在英国通常统指“家畜”,在美国则只指“牛类”。
- cattle以单数形式出现,却表示复数的概念。cattle是集合名词,不能加不定冠词a,词尾也不可加s,常和many, few, these, those等连用。用作主语时，句子的谓语动词多用复数。
- 表示“一头牛”可说one head of cattle,“五头牛”说five head of cattle,在指多头牛时head of也可省去。表示“一群牛”应该用a herd of cattle或herds of cattle。
- cattle可用于比喻,指“卑鄙的人(们)”。
- animal，beast，creature，brute，cattle
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- 这些名词均含“动物”之意。
- animal普通用词，指区别于植物和矿物而言的动物的总称。
- beast指有别于爬行动物、昆虫等的较大的四脚兽类或牛、马等牲畜。
- creature通常指生物或动物，与非生动相对。指人时，则含怜悯或轻蔑的意味。
- brute特指野兽。用于人时，突出其野蛮或残忍。
- cattle指大牲畜，尤其指牛。
词源解说
- ☆ 13世纪中期进入英语，直接源自英国法语的catel；最初源自古法语的chatel，意为财产，牲口。
用作名词 (n.)
- keep cattle
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养牛〔牲口〕 raise the cattle
- trade in cattle
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贩牛〔牲口〕 deal in cattle
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
- breed cattle 养牛
- buy cattle 买牛,买牲口
- drive cattle 赶牛,赶牲口
- exchange cattle 换牛
- feed cattle 饲养牛
- handle cattle 驯养牲口
- lead cattle 牵牛
- own cattle 拥有牲口
- pen cattle 把牲口〔牛,家畜〕关入栏内
- protect cattle 保护牲口〔牛,家畜〕
- raise cattle 养牛
- rear cattle 饲养牲口〔牛〕
- rope cattle 套捕牲口
- round up the cattle 把牛赶到一块
- sell cattle 卖牲口,卖牛
- fat cattle 肥胖的牲口〔牛〕
- female cattle 雌性牛
- horned cattle 长角的牲畜〔牛〕
- male cattle 雄性牛
- short-horned cattle 短角的牲畜〔牛〕
- young cattle 幼牛
- beef cattle 肉牛
- dairy cattle 乳牛
- prize cattle 得奖牛
- cattle breeding 畜牧业
- cattle car (运)牛车
- cattle sheds 牛棚
- a head of cattle 一头牛
- a herd of cattle 一群牛
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