cattle

英 [ˈkætl]

美 [ˈkætl]

n.  牛

复数：cattle　

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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

• He feeds oats to his cattle.
  他给牛喂燕麦。
• 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。
• There is good grassland here for your cattle and horses to graze on.
  这里有很好的草地供你们放牧牛马。
• They keep horses and cattle, the former for riding, the latter for food.
  他们养马和牛，前者供骑乘，后者供食用。
• 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。
• These cattle have my brand on them.
  这些牛身上打了烙印，标明是我的牛。
• On big farms cattle are usually stamped with brands.
  在大农场，牲畜通常是打烙印的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Countryside robbers are learning the ways of the wild west by stampeding cattle to distract farmers before raiding their homes.
  乡间强盗正在学习早期西部人的做法，先让牛群受惊四处乱窜以转移农民的注意力，然后再洗劫他们的房屋。