cattle

英 ['kætl] 美 ['kætl]

• n. 牛；家畜；畜牲

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [P]牛(总称),牲口

   animals with horns and cloven hoofs such as cows, bulls and bullocks, bred for their milk or meat; oxen

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 牲口，家畜，畜生，牲畜
2. 牛；黄牛；公牛
3. 马
4. 牛属
5. 阉牛，犍牛
6. 卑鄙的家伙
7. 一伙人

英英释义

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"
   "a team of oxen"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. There is much forage for the cattle.
   那儿有很多喂牛的饲料。
2. There are many herds of cattle in the meadow.
   牧场上有许多牛群。
3. Clover can be grown as food for cattle.
   苜蓿可以用作牛饲料。
4. He lives on a farm, so he knows a lot about cattle.
   他住在农场，所以对家畜知之甚多。
5. We wintered our cattle in the warm valley.
   冬天我们在温暖的山谷中饲养家畜。
6. Those poor soldiers died like cattle, without a struggle.
   那些可怜的士兵未经抵抗，就象畜生一般死了。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Cattle feed on grass.
   牛以草为食。
2. Cattle are selling for record prices this year.
   牛今年的售价之高是创纪录的。
3. The cattle broke into the wheat fields and did much damage.
   牛群闯进了麦田,毁坏了不少庄稼。
4. The cattle huddled together in a corner of the field, trying to keep dry.
   牛群挤在田野上的一个角落里躲避雨淋。
5. He has thirty head of cattle on the farm.
   他在农场养了30头牛。
6. The cattle were driven down the hill.
   牛群被赶下山。
7. The driver drove the cattle from the field.
   那赶牲口的人把牛群从田里赶了出来。
8. The little boy was herding all the cattle for this farm.
   这小男孩为这座农场放牧所有的牛。
9. We have branded our cattle.
   我们已经给我们的牛打上了烙印。
10. The cattle banded together for protection from the wind.
    牲畜聚在一起抵御狂风。
11. The cowboys herded the cattle and drove them to market.
    这几个牧童把牲口赶在一起,并把它们赶到市场上。
12. They breed cattle for the market.
    他们饲养牲畜以供应市场。
13. The prisoners were herded like cattle.
    囚犯像牲口一样被赶到一起。
14. My father attended to cattle.
    我父亲照料牲口。
15. Tom has a cattle ranch in California.
    汤姆在加州有一个大畜牧场。
16. All the farm workers had to help to haul the bags of cattle food down from the cart.
    所有的农场工人不得不去把一袋袋的饲料从大车上卸下来。

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

keep cattle

养牛〔牲口〕 raise the cattle

trade in cattle

贩牛〔牲口〕 deal in cattle

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• breed cattle 养牛
• buy cattle 买牛,买牲口
• drive cattle 赶牛,赶牲口
• exchange cattle 换牛
• feed cattle 饲养牛
• handle cattle 驯养牲口
• lead cattle 牵牛
• own cattle 拥有牲口
• pen cattle 把牲口〔牛,家畜〕关入栏内
• protect cattle 保护牲口〔牛,家畜〕
• raise cattle 养牛
• rear cattle 饲养牲口〔牛〕
• rope cattle 套捕牲口
• round up the cattle 把牛赶到一块
• sell cattle 卖牲口,卖牛

形容词+～

• fat cattle 肥胖的牲口〔牛〕
• female cattle 雌性牛
• horned cattle 长角的牲畜〔牛〕
• male cattle 雄性牛
• short-horned cattle 短角的牲畜〔牛〕
• young cattle 幼牛

名词+～

• beef cattle 肉牛
• dairy cattle 乳牛
• prize cattle 得奖牛

～+名词

• cattle breeding 畜牧业
• cattle car (运)牛车
• cattle sheds 牛棚

介词+～

• a head of cattle 一头牛
• a herd of cattle 一群牛

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. cattle原意是“财产”,其后转义为“家畜”,常指菜牛或奶牛。在英国通常统指“家畜”,在美国则只指“牛类”。
2. cattle以单数形式出现,却表示复数的概念。cattle是集合名词,不能加不定冠词a,词尾也不可加s,常和many, few, these, those等连用。用作主语时，句子的谓语动词多用复数。
3. 表示“一头牛”可说one head of cattle,“五头牛”说five head of cattle,在指多头牛时head of也可省去。表示“一群牛”应该用a herd of cattle或herds of cattle。
4. cattle可用于比喻,指“卑鄙的人(们)”。

词义辨析

animal，beast，creature，brute，cattle

• 这些名词均含“动物”之意。
• animal普通用词，指区别于植物和矿物而言的动物的总称。
• beast指有别于爬行动物、昆虫等的较大的四脚兽类或牛、马等牲畜。
• creature通常指生物或动物，与非生动相对。指人时，则含怜悯或轻蔑的意味。
• brute特指野兽。用于人时，突出其野蛮或残忍。
• cattle指大牲畜，尤其指牛。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪中期进入英语，直接源自英国法语的catel；最初源自古法语的chatel，意为财产，牲口。

近反义词

【近义词】

• cows 奶牛
• livestock 家畜
• stock 存货
• rout 彻底溃败
• dregs 渣滓
• canaille 暴民
• riffraff <贬>乌合之众...
• scum 槽粕
• bulls 动词bull的第三人称单...
• steers 动词steer的第三人称...
• oxen 牛
• domestic animals 家畜
• steer 操纵
• domestic 家庭的
• kine <古>母牛
• Bos taurus [医] 牛
• creature 生物
• brute 畜生
• animal 动物
• beast 兽