calves

英 [kɑːvz]

美 [kævz]

n.  腓; 小腿肚; 小牛; 牛犊; (象、鲸等的)崽，幼兽
calf的复数; calve的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 产犊;生小牛
  When a cowcalves, it gives birth to a calf.
  1. When his cows calve each year he keeps one or two calves for his family.
     他的母牛每年产犊时,他都给自家留上一两头。
• VERB (象、鲸等)产崽
  Some other female animals, including elephants and whales, are said tocalvewhen they give birth to their young.
  1. The whales migrate some 6,000 miles to breed and calve in the warm lagoons.
     鲸会迁移6,000海里左右,到温暖的环礁湖生殖繁衍。
• （calf 的复数）
  Calvesis the plural ofcalf.

双语例句

• The imported cows have given birth to their first calves.
  这些进口的母牛已经产下了第一批牛犊。
• Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers.
  初生之犊不怕虎。
• The young calves, born only a few months before.
  年轻的小牛羚只出生了数个月。
• The big muscles in her thighs and calves ripple seductively when she walks.
  当她走路时她大腿和小腿上的肌肉纹理散发着诱惑力。
• Study on the Effects of Yeast Culture on the Digestibility and Growing Development in Calves
  酵母培养物对犊牛消化率和体尺指标影响的研究
• This phenomenon has been found in calves infected with parainfluenza 3 virus.
  这种现象曾见于感染副流感3型病毒的犊牛。
• Next year's crop of kids, calves, and chicks will be poor.
  明年小羊、小牛和小鸡的产量将很糟糕。
• The colts and calves are gambolling round the stockman.
  小马驹和小牛犊围着饲养员欢蹦乱跳。
• Study on Effects of Milk Replacer on Growth Performance and Development of Digestive Organ in Calves
  代乳粉对犊牛生长性能及消化器官发育影响的研究
• [ 谚] Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers--young people are fearless.
  初生牛犊不怕虎。