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cattle

/kat-l/US // ˈkæt l //UK // (ˈkætəl) //

牛,牲畜,牛群,牛只

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : bovine animals, especially domesticated members of the genus Bos.
    • : Bible. such animals together with other domesticated quadrupeds, as horses, swine, etc.
    • : Disparaging. human beings, especially in a large, unruly crowd.

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Examples

  • So the question isn’t just if the technology will work in developing supercharged cattle, but whether consumers and regulators will support it.

  • For Alison Van Eenennaam, an animal geneticist at the University of California, Davis, part of the answer is creating more efficient cattle that rely on fewer resources.

  • Agricultural sources, such as cattle ranches and paddy fields, were responsible for a 10-million-ton rise in emissions from South Asia and Oceania and a surge almost as big in Africa, the authors estimate.

  • It also means that prairies make good farmland for corn, wheat or cattle.

  • Because the way I think about this long-term, presumably a firm like Cargill can win the future with alternative “meat” in a way that a cattle rancher can’t.

  • Humans spent a long time domesticating cattle, and what they were trying to do, in essence, was de-domesticate them.

  • They just reflect the range of breeds that were used to create the Heck cattle in the first instance.

  • You will find winding pasture for sheep and highland cattle.

  • Duarte owns a small plot of land where she grazes cattle and grows beans, maize, bananas, and oranges.

  • While not the most stimulating for those less passionate about cattle, Grandin made it interesting.

  • Everywhere cattle were being sold for a trifle, as there was no grass upon which they could feed.

  • "I told them there was not an Indian in this village would steal cattle," said Ramona, indignantly.

  • At length he thought of “Cattle” as a figure word to enable him to remember the number.

  • And probably you would continue to let sections of it to men that wanted to raise cattle or horses on a small scale.

  • Bel is broken, Nebo is destroyed: their idols are put upon beasts and cattle, your burdens of heavy weight even unto weariness.