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calf

/kaf, kahf/US // kæf, kɑf //UK // (kɑːf) //

小腿,小腿部,小牛,小腿肚

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural calves [kavz, kahvz]. /kævz, kɑvz/.

    • : the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal.
    • : the young of certain other mammals, as elephants, seals, and whales.
    • : calfskin.
    • : Informal. an awkward, silly boy or man.
    • : a mass of ice detached from a glacier, iceberg, or floe.

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Examples

  • Ulises Segura’s season ended in mid-September with a calf ailment.

  • Only camel calves around four to eight months old could give the virus to people, he found.

  • Females need a lot in the “bank” because their calves need a lot of energy.

  • They noted that the disease would roll through communities every few years, causing pregnant heifers and cows to lose their calves.

  • A somewhat worrying detail, in that respect, is that they tested muscle composition in the two muscles of the calf, the soleus and gastrocnemius, but only found a significant relationship between fiber type and training outcome for the gastrocnemius.

  • The dimmed lights and sizeable golden calf on the center of the conference table should tip you off.

  • Independence may well be the modern day Golden Calf to which far too many of us bow down and worship.

  • “Good, number 15 – she and her calf are still in the same place,” he said.

  • At her side was her calf, which turned and squinted at us through baby eyes.

  • The modest calf-length skirts and dresses could be tailor made for Kate Middleton.

  • A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.

  • The calf and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall rest together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

  • When he assails a calf, the cow will rush upon him, and one toss from her horns is sufficient to kill him.

  • New milker with a calf still beside her—purty as a picture, the pair of 'em, and dirt cheap.

  • Looks like good stock, that calf does; 's if 't might make a nice steer, but 'twon't never be a cow to give milk.