| 单词 | beef |
| 释义 | beef (once / 350 pages) 1n 2nv Beef is meat from a cow. It's also a word for a complaint. If you have a beef with someone, you’re not sharing a steak, you have a gripe. Just don’t beef to a cow; her problems are worse. Beef is a type of meat from cattle. If you've ever had a hamburger, you've had beef. The word beef comes from the Old French word buef, which became the word for basically, cow meat. Beef is to cow as pork is to pig or mutton is to sheep. On the other hand, if you have a beef with someone, you have a complaint. Beefing is expressing such feelings. WORD FAMILYbeef: beefed, beefing, beefs, beeves USAGE EXAMPLESThe Bagleys bought their first 15 elk in the late 1990s, seeking to diversify their beef and dairy business. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) They need to beef up their offensive line. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) One of the beefs with “Captain Fantastic” is that it promotes an all-or-nothing extremism that rings hollow. Salon(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n meat from an adult domestic bovine Syn|Hypo|Hyper boeuf ground beef, hamburger beef that has been ground bully beef, corn beef, corned beefbeef cured or pickled in brine pastramihighly seasoned cut of smoked beef meat the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food 2n cattle that are reared for their meat 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper beef cattle Texas longhorn, longhorn long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States Santa GertrudisBrahman and shorthorn crossbreed of red cattle; hardy in hot regions Aberdeen Angus, Angus, black Angusblack hornless breed from Scotland Charolaislarge white or cream-colored breed from France Durham, shorthornEnglish breed of short-horned cattle Gallowaybreed of hardy black chiefly beef cattle native to Scotland Hereford, whitefacehardy English breed of dairy cattle raised extensively in United States beefalo, cattalohardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age 1n informal terms for objecting Syn|Hyper bitch, gripe, kick, squawk objection the speech act of objecting 2v complain Syn|Hyper bellyache, bitch, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness |
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