| 释义 |
calf nounadjective | verb + calf | calf + verb adjective➤bull, heifer小公牛；小母牛▸➤beef, dairy, veal小菜牛；小乳牛；肉用小牛➤newborn初生小牛犊▸➤weaned断奶的小牛verb + calf➤produce生小牛◆a dairy cow needs to produce a calf each year.奶牛每年都需要产一头小牛。➤rear饲养小牛◆these calves are reared for beef.这些小牛是作为肉牛饲养的。calf + verb➤feed, graze小牛吃饲料／吃草calf/kɑ:f; us kæf ||; kæf/noun [c] (plural calves /kɑ:vz; us kævz ||; kævz/) 1. a young cow 牛犊；小牛 ☞look at the note and picture at cow. 参看cow的注释及插图。 ☞the meat from a calf is called veal. look at the note at meat. 供食用的小牛肉叫做 veal。参看 meat 的注释。 2. the young of some other animals, for example elephants （某些动物的）仔畜，仔兽 3. the back of your leg, below your knee 腓，腿肚子（指小腿后面隆起的部份）: ◇i've strained a calf muscle. 我扭伤了一条腿肚子的肌肉。 ☞picture at body 见body插图 calf /kæf; kɑːf/n [c] plural calves /kævz; kɑːvz/ 1. the back of your leg between your knee and foot ［人的］腓，小腿肚 2. the baby of a cow, or of some other large animal such as an elephant 小牛; ［象等大动物的］仔，幼兽 |