| 单词 | cattle |
| 释义 | cattle (once / 144 pages) n Use the word cattle to talk about a group of cows. A farmer might build a new fence to keep her cattle more safely secured in their pasture. Cattle usually refers to domesticated cows, almost always a large group of them. If you have a small dairy farm with only three or four cows, you'll probably call them "cows." When you're talking about a bigger operation, they're more likely to be called cattle. In the 13th century, the word simply meant "property," from the Medieval Latin capitale, "property or stock." It took about 300 years before cattle meant "cows." WORD FAMILYcattle: cattles, cattleship USAGE EXAMPLESParson, a cattle rancher and former sheriff, said in his statement that he is well and resting at his home in Bolivar. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Nelson predicts the low prices for corn, cattle and almost everything else produced in rural Nebraska will remain low for a while. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The animals are skittish and slower to develop than cattle, requiring more than four years before they’re ready to sell. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) n domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age so many head of cattle Syn|Hypo|Hyper Bos taurus, cows, kine, oxen ox an 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 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 springer, springing cowa cow about to give birth heiferyoung cow bullockyoung bull Texas longhorn, longhornlong-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 Ayrshirehardy breed of dairy cattle from Ayr, Scotland Brown Swisslarge hardy brown breed of dairy cattle from Switzerland Charolaislarge white or cream-colored breed from France Jerseya breed of diary cattle developed on the island of Jersey Durham, shorthornEnglish breed of short-horned cattle milking shorthornbreed evolved from shorthorn beef cattle Gallowaybreed of hardy black chiefly beef cattle native to Scotland Friesian, Holstein, Holstein-Friesiana breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland Guernseybreed of dairy cattle from the island of Guernsey 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 bovine any of various members of the genus Bos |
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