calve是什么意思？

calve

英[kɑ:v] 美[kæv]

• vi. 生小牛，（冰川）崩解；
• vt. 生（小牛等），产（犊），使（冰川）崩解；

第三人称单数：calves;

过去式：calved;

过去分词：calved;

现在分词：calving;

例句

• Their bulls gender without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry. 他们的公牛交尾,无不成功; 母牛产子,决无流产.
• 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。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  产犊;生小牛
  When a cow calves, it gives birth to a calf.
  例句
  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 to calve when they give birth to their young.
  例句
  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）
  Calves is the plural of calf.

英汉词典释义

• vi.
  生小牛
  They usually require close management during calving. 在生小牛期间它们通常需要精心看护。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. release ice;
  "The icebergs and glaciers calve"
  2. birth;
  "the whales calve at this time of year"