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

• To keep a cow, so that it can bear calves;
  养只母牛，它会生犊；
• The farmer branded a hundred calves in one afternoon.
  这农夫一个下午就给100头小牛打上了烙印。
• The article described the application result of Plant protein replacing milk protein in calves breeding.
  本文就代乳料中用植物性蛋白源替代乳蛋白源在犊牛培育中的应用效果作一综述。
• [ 谚] Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers--young people are fearless.
  初生牛犊不怕虎。
• The breeding herds annually produce and sell a crop of calves.
  繁殖牛场每年生产和售出大批犊牛。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• Chymosin used traditionally in cheese making is an aspartic protease extracted form abomasum of suckling calves.
  传统干酪加工中使用的凝乳酶是从犊牛皱胃中提取出的一种天冬氨酸蛋白酶。
• The children saw the new seal calves at the zoo.
  孩子们在动物园看到了新生的小海豹。