calf
英 [kɑ:f] 美 [kæf]

n.

牛犊；犊皮；腓，腿肚子；

变形

复数：calves

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]腿肚子 the back part of the lower leg
2. [C]牛犊，(海豹、鲸等大哺乳动物的)幼崽 the young of the cow,seal,whale and some other animals

英英释义

calf

• n.
  • young of domestic cattle
  • the muscular back part of the shank

    同义词：sura

  • fine leather from the skin of a calf

    同义词：calfskin

  • young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)形容词+～

• bawling calf大声嗷叫的牛犊
• one-year-old calf一岁的小牛

介词+～

• gloves made of calf小牛皮手套

词组短语

fatted calf肥牛犊；最好的款待[来自《圣经》]

cast her calf(母牛)流产

calf love初恋；早恋（指少男少女之间短暂的爱情）

calf skin小牛皮

golden calf金牛犊（源出《圣经·出埃及记》）；金钱

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. The calf is nuzzling its mother.
   小牛用鼻子摩擦它的母亲。
2. Rennet is a crude preparation containing drird, ground linigs of the calf stomach.
   凝乳酵素是粗品，含有干燥表面的小牛胃壁。
3. A female elephant walks with her calf on the Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya.
   一只雌象和它的幼崽漫步在肯尼亚的马赛马拉野生动物保护区。
4. They circled and repeated the action, this time followed by the mother and her calf.
   它们环绕在我身旁，再次地做这个动作，这次是由母海牛和她的幼崽先开始进行。
5. The classic black dial is offset with a beautiful black onyx cabochon in the crown and white calf leather strap to create a watch of timeless elegance.
   典雅的黑色表盘与镶嵌在表冠的凸圆形黑缟玛瑙互相辉映，加上白色小牛皮表带，成为一款恒久又大方的腕表。
6. For my return,I sported an elastic bandage wrapped conspicuously around my calf.
   重返球场那一天，我在小腿肚上很醒目地裹上了弹性绷带。

权威例句

Heavy-load eccentric calf muscle training for the treatment of chronic Achilles tendinosis.
Population Substructure, Local Density, and Calf Winter Survival in Red Deer (Cervus Elaphus)
Primary structure of gamma subunit precursor of calf-muscle acetylcholine receptor deduced from the cDNA sequence.
Density Dependence, Compensation, and Environmental Effects on Elk Calf Mortality in Yellowstone National Park
Optical pathlength measurements on adult head, calf and forearm and the head of the newborn infant using phase resolved optical spec...
Voltage-dependent block of calcium channel current in the calf cardiac Purkinje fiber by dihydropyridine calcium channel antagonists.
Tunicamycin inhibition of polyisoprenyl N-acetylglucosaminyl pyrophosphate formation in calf-liver microsomes.
Depletion of L-3,5,3'-triiodothyronine and L-thyroxine in euthyroid calf serum for use in cell culture studies of the action of thyr...
Selective inhibition of two soluble adenosine cyclic 3',5'-phosphate phosphodiesterases partially purified from calf liver.
Pro-inflammatory cytokines and prostaglandins induce maturation of potent immunostimulatory dendritic cells under fetal calf serum-f...