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oxen

/ok-suhn/US // ˈɒk sən //UK // (ˈɒksən) //

牛,黄牛,公牛,牛的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a plural of ox.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inbovine

Examples

  • To transport the sandstone blocks to the new federal city, skids — or what were sometimes called “stone boats” — were pulled by oxen to a wharf.

  • The years like Great Black Oxen tread the world And God the herdsman goads them on behind.

  • Black Oxen is a reminder of the healthy benefits of cynicism, and in retrospect served as an early warning to an ebullient age.

  • Just a little before daybreak they were all wakened by the bellowing of the oxen and the barking of dogs.

  • And thy oxen, and the ass colts that till the ground, shall eat mingled provender as it was winnowed in the floor.

  • And when they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the Ark; for the oxen stumbled.

  • The estate employs 200 oxen and 180 slaves as labourers, besides those for the service of the family.

  • If he has taken the seed, worn out the oxen, from the seed which he has hoed he shall restore.