| 单词 | bovine |
| 释义 | bovine (once / 9681 pages) nadj If something is bovine, it has to do with cows or cattle, or it reminds you of the slow and seemingly unintelligent ways of cows and cattle. Someone's glacial pace and dull comments might contribute to his thoroughly bovine impression. The adjective bovine is used for anything that has to do with animals from the genus “Bos,” which classifies wild and domestic cattle. Mad Cow Disease is technically known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and it can be said to have bovine origins. What are known as cow pies are, in fact, bovine droppings. People can be described as bovine if they are intellectually dull, slow-moving, or somewhat cow-like in their appearance. WORD FAMILYbovine: bovinely, bovines USAGE EXAMPLESAnother beef cattle herd tested positive for bovine TB in April, also in Franklin County. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) Similarly, the solution to the bovine tuberculosis epidemic in Britain is more about managing farmer behaviour than it is about applying well-tried epidemiological solutions. Nature(Dec 19, 2016) Regulators are looking for ways to reduce so-called enteric emissions — methane produced by bovine digestive systems. Los Angeles Times(Nov 29, 2016) 1n any of various members of the genus Bos Hypo|Hyper ox, wild ox any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxendomesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age Bos indicus, Brahma, Brahman, Brahminany of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding oxan adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus stirkyearling heifer or bullock bullock, steercastrated bull bulluncastrated adult male of domestic cattle cow, moo-cowfemale of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term" beef, beef cattlecattle that are reared for their meat zebudomesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia Bos primigenius, aurochs, uruslarge recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle Bos grunniens, yaklarge long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated Bos banteng, banteng, banting, tsinewild ox of the Malay Archipelago Welsh, Welsh Blacka breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in Wales red pollhornless short-haired breed of beef and dairy cattle Africandertall large-horned humped cattle of South Africa; used for meat or draft dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milkercattle that are reared for their milk Devonred dual-purpose cattle of English origin gradea variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed Asian wild oxgenus of Asiatic wild oxen bovid hollow-horned ruminants 2adj of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle) Syn bovid 3adj dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox showed a bovine apathy Syn dull lacking in liveliness or animation |
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