calves

英 [kɑːvz]

美 [kævz]

n.  腓; 小腿肚; 小牛; 牛犊; (象、鲸等的)崽，幼兽
calf的复数; calve的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 产犊;生小牛
  When a cowcalves, it gives birth to a calf.
  1. When his cows calve each year he keeps one or two calves for his family.
     他的母牛每年产犊时,他都给自家留上一两头。
• VERB (象、鲸等)产崽
  Some other female animals, including elephants and whales, are said tocalvewhen they give birth to their young.
  1. The whales migrate some 6,000 miles to breed and calve in the warm lagoons.
     鲸会迁移6,000海里左右,到温暖的环礁湖生殖繁衍。
• （calf 的复数）
  Calvesis the plural ofcalf.

双语例句

• We watched the cow suckling her calves.
  我们看了奶牛如何给小牛喂奶。
• Chymosin used traditionally in cheese making is an aspartic protease extracted form abomasum of suckling calves.
  传统干酪加工中使用的凝乳酶是从犊牛皱胃中提取出的一种天冬氨酸蛋白酶。
• [ 谚] Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers--young people are fearless.
  初生牛犊不怕虎。
• He lay stretched out on the bed; stretched her calves before running.
  他伸直了躺在床上；在起跑之前她伸了伸小腿。
• To keep a cow, so that it can bear calves;
  养只母牛，它会生犊；
• Being torn underwater can cause problems for newborn whale and dolphin calves.
  对新生鲸鱼和海豚幼崽而言，在水下出生会引起一些问题。
• The young calves, born only a few months before.
  年轻的小牛羚只出生了数个月。
• When his cows calve each year he keeps one or two calves for his family.
  他的母牛每年产犊时，他都给自家留上一两头。
• Because only the cows which recently had calves give milk
  因为只有近来生了小牛的母牛才有奶
• Next year's crop of kids, calves, and chicks will be poor.
  明年小羊、小牛和小鸡的产量将很糟糕。