calf

英 [kɑːf]

美 [kæf]

n.  腓; 小腿肚; 小牛; 牛犊; (象、鲸等的)崽，幼兽

复数：calves　

IELTSTEM4TEM8医学

Collins.1 / BNC.5425 / COCA.5631

习惯用语

n.

in/with calf
• 怀崽的
  pregnant

牛津词典

noun

• 腓；小腿肚
  the back part of the leg between the ankle and the knee
  1. I've torn a calf muscle.
     我拉伤了小腿肌肉。
• 小牛；牛犊
  a young cow
• （象、鲸等的）崽，幼兽
  a young animal of some other type such as a young elephant or whale
• （象、鲸等的）崽，幼兽
  a young animal of some other type such as a young elephant or whale

柯林斯词典

• 小牛;牛犊
  Acalfis a young cow.
• (象、鲸等的)崽，幼兽
  Some other young animals, including elephants and whales, are calledcalves.
• N-COUNT 腓;小腿肚
  Yourcalfis the thick part at the back of your leg, between your ankle and your knee.
  1. ...a calf injury.
     小腿受伤

英英释义

noun

• young of domestic cattle
• young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo
• the muscular back part of the shank
  Synonym:sura
• fine leather from the skin of a calf
  Synonym:calfskin

双语例句

• A woman gave birth to a calf's head.
  一个女人生出了一个牛头。
• I've got a cow to milk, a calf to tend and an old sow to feed.
  我要给一头母牛挤奶，还要照看一头小牛和喂养一头老母猪。
• Did you see the cow with her calf?
  你看没看见那只母牛和它的小牛？
• The cow dropped her calf this morning.
  母牛今天早上生产了一头小牛。
• But Sunday evening I realized that my muscle was reacting and closing off the calf.
  但是星期天晚上，我意识到，我的肌肉做出了反应，拉紧了腓小腿。
• He opened the calf's mouth so that it could take milk from its mother.
  他打开牛犊的嘴，以便牛犊能从他的妈妈喝到奶。
• All the time my arm was being squeezed between the calf and the bony pelvis.
  我的手臂一直被小牛和瘦骨嶙峋的骨盆蹂躏着。
• You can do this with your calf muscles, thigh muscles ( front and back), chest, abdomen, buttocks, shoulders and back.
  你可以对你的小腿肌肉、大腿肌肉（前面和后面）、胸部、腹部、臀部、肩部和背部这么做。
• The thymus gland or pancreas of a young animal, especially a calf or lamb, used for food.
  尤指小牛或羊羔等小动物的胸腺或胰腺，用作食物。
• Ha! The calf is licking my face.
  哈！小牛在舔我的脸。