| 单词 | calve |
| 释义 | calve /kav, kahv/, v. , calved, calving. v.i. 1. to give birth to a calf: The cow is expected to calve tomorrow. 2. (of a glacier, an iceberg, etc.) to break up or splinter so as to produce a detached piece. v.t. 3. to give birth to (a calf). 4. (of a glacier, an iceberg, etc.) to break off or detach (a piece): The glacier calved an iceberg. [bef. 1000; ME calven, OE (Anglian) *calfian, deriv. of calf CALF1; c. OE (West Saxon) cealfian] |
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