calf是什么意思？

calf

英[kɑ:f] 美[kæf]

• n. 牛犊，犊皮，腓，腿肚子；

复数：calves;

例句

• The cow slinked its calf. 那头母牛早产了一头小牛犊
• The cow cast a calf. 这头母牛早产了。
• He expects to have recovered from his calf injury in time. 他期望小腿后部的伤能够及时复元。
• If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow. 得寸进尺。
• Like cow, like calf. 有其父必有其子。
• Many a good cow hath a bad calf. 虎父生犬子。
• This calf jacket costs an arm and a leg. 这件小牛皮夹克花了我一大笔钱.
• Sorry this meal isn't much, John. We didn't have time to kill the fatted calf. 约翰, 很抱歉,饭菜不多, 我们来不及设宴接待你.
• We're going to kill the fatted calf for Alfred when he comes back from his expedition. 阿尔弗雷德探险归来时,我们打算热情款待他.
• Are you going to kill the fatted calf for the prodigal son, Jack? 杰克,浪子回家, 你准备宰杀那头小肥牛 吗 ?

词组

• in (或 with) calf
  (of a cow) pregnant （母牛）怀孕的

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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

英汉词典释义

• n.
  腿肚子
  He expects to have recovered from his calf injury in time. 他期望小腿后部的伤能够及时复元。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. young of domestic cattle
  2. the muscular back part of the shank
  3. fine leather from the skin of a calf
  4. young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo

行业词典

• 体育： 小腿训练机；
  医学： 腓肠：小腿后背的肌肉块，主要由腓肠肌形成；
  解剖学： 腓肠；又称 :腓肠(Sura（拉）)；