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单词 calf
释义
calf
(kɑːf , US kæf )
Word forms: calves (kɑːvz , US kævz )
1. countable noun B1+
A calf is a young cow.
2. countable noun
Some other young animals, including elephants and whales, are called calves.
3. countable noun
Your calf is the thick part at the back of your leg, between your ankle and your knee.
...a calf injury.
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BODY – BACK BODY – BACK shoulder back buttocks elbow hip calf
Idioms:
kill the fatted calf
to celebrate and do everything possible to welcome a person
He went off to make movies, and when he returned, his record company didn't exactly kill the fatted calf.
Collocations:
calf cramp
Prevent foot and calf cramp by rotating ankles ten times to the left and ten times to the right while seated.
The Sun
Everyone knows about calf cramps, but these muscle spasms can cause trouble elsewhere - such as your hand.
The Sun
Cliff has calf cramps, and struggles, but finishes the race in 5:02:27, collapsing at the finish with cramps.
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calf injury
He came on as a sub having spent six weeks out with a calf injury.
The Sun (2016)
A calf injury had also postponed his defence against Fury last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The West Ham man has a grade one calf injury.
The Sun (2016)
Wasps say they are awaiting a scan on a calf injury, which will be worrying news for Jones.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
But he cancelled it after just 13 days after picking up a calf injury.
The Sun (2015)
calf leather
Then his actual football boots were made out of calf leather.
Times, Sunday Times
Calf leather, ostrich and python are also part of the label's luxurious line-up.
Times, Sunday Times
The spectator was originally constructed of willow calf leather and white buck or reverse calf suede.
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It was made of calf leather and dates from the 18th century.
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calf muscle
He departed the tournament with an aching calf muscle and a broken heart.
Times, Sunday Times
When his calf muscle started hurting, he strapped it up with duct tape and hoped for the best.
Times, Sunday Times
We're not talking hamstring tears and calf muscle strains but serious, career-ending injuries.
Times, Sunday Times
But what seemed the most minor, a calf muscle tear, came the closest to ending his career.
The Sun
It sounds like you've torn a calf muscle.
The Sun
calf strain
For the second tournament in a row, the injury-plagued star has withdrawn at the last minute - this time with a calf strain.
The Sun
My calf strain has given me authenticity when talking to people about my running.
Times, Sunday Times
He left proceedings after 70 minutes but the official reason was he had a calf strain.
The Sun
Two minutes after that an assistant referee called time on himself with what looked like a calf strain.
The Sun
This can cause calf strain when you switch to flat shoes.
Times, Sunday Times
newborn calf
He arrives in monsoon season hoping to catch a newborn calf on camera.
The Sun
He's a live cartoon, maybe no more so than when converting his wiry physique into a mewling newborn calf or a regurgitating bird.
Times, Sunday Times
The newborn calf has a length of between and weighs about.
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A newborn calf weighed about 90 kg.
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He films fights and newborn calves, and befriends an orphan elephant that has lost a leg to a snare.
Times, Sunday Times
raise a calf
The energy required to raise a calf versus a field of beans.
Times, Sunday Times
Try calf raises - lift toes, hold for two seconds then lower heels back down.
The Sun
Seemingly interminable sets of calf raises - first with two feet, then single leg, then incrementally heavier weight vests - form the building blocks of regaining strength.
Times, Sunday Times
After each set of squats and calf raises do stretches.
Times, Sunday Times
But calf raises are among the bestways to create definition.
Times, Sunday Times
stretch the calf
The 15-minute hike up from the old town will stretch your calf muscles, but there's a funicular railway.
Times, Sunday Times
Stretch your calf muscles for five minutes three times a day, including before bed.
Times, Sunday Times
He had started to fatigue and started to stretch his calf.
Times, Sunday Times
To stretch the calf muscles, she leans against a wall, bends the front leg and straightens the back one.
The Sun
She was actually stretching her calf, though, because she had a pain coming from her foot.
Times, Sunday Times
torn calf
On this occasion, it was a traitorous torn calf.
Times, Sunday Times
The physical damage was a torn calf, which took three months to heal.
Times, Sunday Times
Displaying no sign of the torn calf muscle that had hampered his preparations, he went about his business in a calm, calculated way.
Times, Sunday Times
He missed most of the season with a torn calf muscle.
Houston Chronicle
The torn calf muscle may spasm, and contract forcefully.
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Translations:
Chinese: 小牛, 小腿
Japanese: 子牛, ふくらはぎ
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