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

• These cattle have my brand on them.
  这些牛身上打了烙印，标明是我的牛。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some cattle were drinking at the pool.
  有几头牛在那池塘边饮水。
• 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 old stone cattle trough still sits by the main entrance.
  陈旧的石制牛食槽仍然放在大门口。
• We have branded our cattle.
  我们已经给我们的牛打上了烙印。
• The cattle are being fattened for slaughter
  喂肥牛群以宰杀。
• The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.
  那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。