多義字: calf
calf /kæf/
(noun名詞, plural複數 calves /kævz/)
1. the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal. 小牛
There is a calf in the meadow. 草地上有一頭小牛。
2. the young of certain other mammals, as theelephant, seal, and whale.
大型動物如象、 鯨、海豹之幼獸
大型動物如象、 鯨、海豹之幼獸
3. leather, calfskin. 小牛皮
a book bound in calf 用小牛皮裝訂的書 (calf-bound book)
calfskin boots 小牛皮靴
4.
Informal. an awkward, silly boy or man. 笨拙的男孩或男人
Informal. an awkward, silly boy or man. 笨拙的男孩或男人
5. a mass of ice detached from a glacier, iceberg, or floe.
從冰河、冰山掉下來的浮冰
6. the fleshy part of the back of the human legbelow the knee. 小腿肚
He kicked me in the calf. 他踢了我的小腿。
7. in calf, (of a cow or other animal having calves) pregnant. 懷孕的(母牛)
8. kill the fatted calf,
to prepare an elaborate feast in welcome or celebration. 盛宴款待
又上了一課!謝謝
回覆刪除發現之前,我也只知道和小牛有關。
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