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

• Buyers cleared the day's cattle run at steady rates.
  买主以稳定的价格买光了这一天牵到集市来的牲口。
• The cattle had trodden a path to the pond.
  牛群踏出了一条通往池塘的小径。
• The cattle are being fattened for slaughter
  喂肥牛群以宰杀。
• Farmer Brown's cattle are branded with the letter B.
  农场主布朗的牛都烙上了字母“B”的印记。
• These cattle have my brand on them.
  这些牛身上打了烙印，标明是我的牛。
• 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。
• Marry that fat son of a fat cattle dealer? She would die first!
  嫁给那个大腹便便的牛贩子的胖儿子？她宁愿去死！
• 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。
• The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.
  那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
• We have branded our cattle.
  我们已经给我们的牛打上了烙印。