oxen是什么意思？

oxen

英[ˈɒksn] 美[ˈɑksn]

• n. 牛，公牛(ox的复数)；

例句

• Ploughs are pulled by tractors, or in some countries by oxen. 犁由拖拉机牵引, 在一些国家则用牛来拉。
• There were several oxen on the road. 路上有几头牛。
• Never put the plow before the oxen. 不要本末倒置。
• The farmer continued solidly yoking his oxen. 农夫继续不动声色地给牛驾轭.
• The farmer was yoking his oxen to a plough. 农夫正在用轭把牛套到犁上.
• The farmer yoked the oxen. 那个农夫给牛加上轭.
• He is as strong as oxen. 他健壮得如牛一样.
• Every farmer knows how to yoke the oxen together. 每个家民都知道怎样把牛拴在一起.
• Then why do my ears ring with the lowing of oxen and the bleating of sheep? 那为何牛羊的哀号声在我耳朵里萦绕不绝?
• The farmer yoked the oxen before hitching them to the wagon. 农夫在将牛套上大车之前先给它们套上轭.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  阉牛；去势公牛
  An ox is a bull that has been castrated. Oxen are used in some countries for pulling vehicles or carrying things.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age;
  "so many head of cattle""wait till the cows come home""seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible"a team of oxen"