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calves

/kavz, kahvz/US // kævz, kɑvz //UK // (kɑːvz) //

小牛,犊牛,小腿,小牛犊

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : plural of calf.

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Examples

  • He wears a black Under Armour T-shirt, red basketball shorts, sneakers, and white socks hiked up to his calves.

  • In Mexico, crowds gather to watch dwarf bullfighters taunt their calves with red capes for pay of $50 to $100.

  • My team and I learned that family units are split up and calves are taken from mothers and moved to other parks.

  • Their calves have evolved to stand upright within five minutes of birth, and to run alongside their mothers within 20.

  • Before the drought, the Smiths owned about 150 cows and their calves and as many as 100 yearlings.

  • She kep' more calves an' yearlin's than 'peared like she'd ought to, but she raised a power of stuff for market, 'count of 'em.

  • A little trick with skimpy skirts whipped about plump calves crossed on over.

  • One of the golden calves was given by king Manahem, to Phul, king of the Assyrians, to engage him to stand by him.

  • It affected Bud unpleasantly, just as the incessant bawling of a band of weaning calves used to do.

  • First, a musket ball hit him and went through the calves of both legs, but he kept on his feet.