calved是什么意思？

calved

英[kɑ:vd] 美[kɑvd]

• adj. 有腓部的，有小腿肚的；
• v. 生小牛( calve的过去式和过去分词 )，（冰川）崩解，生（小牛等），产（犊），使（冰川）崩解；

例句

• Yea , the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it , because there was no grass. 5田野的母鹿生下小鹿, 就撇弃, 因为无草.
• To Ellen, mares never foaled nor cows calved. In fact, hens almost didn't lay eggs. 对于爱伦来说, 母马从不下驹儿,母牛从不产犊儿,当然, 母鸡也几乎是不生蛋的.

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.

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. (used of cattle especially domestic cattle) born