cattle

英 [ˈkætl]

美 [ˈkætl]

n.  牛

复数：cattle　

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Collins.2 / BNC.2973 / COCA.3629

牛津词典

noun

• 牛
  cows and bulls that are kept as farm animals for their milk or meat
  1. a herd of cattle
     一群牛
  2. twenty head of cattle (= twenty cows)
     二十头牛
  3. dairy/beef cattle
     乳 / 肉牛

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 牛
  Cattleare cows and bulls.
  1. ...the finest herd of beef cattle for two hundred miles.
     方圆两百英里内最好的肉用牛群

双语例句

• The invaders carried away lots of cattle.
  入侵者抢走了许多牲口。
• On big farms cattle are usually stamped with brands.
  在大农场，牲畜通常是打烙印的。
• His herd of 170 dairy cattle and 200 young stock are kept on the land.
  他那170头奶牛和200头乳牛都在那块地上圈养。
• Someone ran the cattle off during the night.
  有人在夜里偷走了牛。
• Kangaroos compete with sheep and cattle for sparse supplies of food and water
  袋鼠与牛羊争夺稀少的食物和水。
• In that part of the world you can feed cattle on almost any green vegetable or fruit
  在那个地方，几乎任何绿色蔬菜或水果都可以给牛吃。
• The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.
  那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
• Cowboys drove covered wagons and rode horses, lassoing cattle.
  牛仔们有的赶着大篷车，有的骑着马，抛套索捕牛。
• He had sought work as a cowboy, rounding up cattle
  他找了一份放牛的差事，负责把牛赶到一起。
• The cattle disease occurs more or less anywhere in Africa where the fly occurs
  在非洲凡是有这种蝇虫的地方，几乎都会出现这一牛病。