cattle
英 ['kæt(ə)l]
美['kætl]
- n. 牛；牲畜（骂人的话）；家畜；无价值的人
- n. (Cattle)人名；(意)卡特莱
词态变化
复数: cattle;
中文词源
cattle 菜牛
来自capital, 资产，资本，因牛在农耕社会有着无比重要的作用而引申此词义。比较castor，海狸。
英英释意
- 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"
英文词源
- cattle
- cattle: [13] Ultimately, cattle is the same word as chattel [13], and when it first entered English it had the same meaning, ‘property’. From earliest times, however, it was applied specifically to livestock thought of as property. In the Middle Ages it was a wide-ranging term in animal husbandry, being used for horses, sheep, pigs, and even poultry and bees, as well as cows, and such usages survived dialectally until comparatively recently, but from the mid 16th century onwards there is increasing evidence of the word’s being restricted solely to cows.
Its ultimate source is medieval Latin capitāle ‘property’, which came to English via Old French chatel as chattel and via Anglo-Norman catel as cattle. Capitāle itself goes back to classical Latin capitālis (from caput ‘head’), from which English gets capital.
=> capital, chattel - cattle (n.)
- mid-13c., "property," from Anglo-French catel "property" (Old North French catel, Old French chatel), from Medieval Latin capitale "property, stock," noun use of neuter of Latin adjective capitalis "principal, chief" (see capital (n.1)). Compare sense development of fee, pecuniary. Sense originally was of movable property, especially livestock; it began to be limited to "cows and bulls" from late 16c.
考试真题
- Birds flock together, fish school together, cattle herd together.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
- He planted soybeans (大豆）sold as cattle feed.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
- He used genetically modified seeds to feed his cattle
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
- It's called that because in the old days, people let their cattle stray on the area, which was common land.
出自-2012年6月听力原文
- birds flock together, fish school together, cattle herd together...just perceiving norms is enough to cause people to adjust their behaviour in the direction of the crowd.
2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
- Last summer, Massachusetts grass-fed beef advocate John Smith launched Big Picture Beef, a network of small grass-fed beef farms in New England and New York that is projected to bring to market 2,500 head of cattle from 125 producers this year.
2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B
- Researchers are currently testing their idea on a select herd of cattle.
2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A
- The robots are equipped with many sensors to identify conditions of the environment, cattle and food, using thermal and vision sensors that detect changes in body temperature.
2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C
- A taste for meat is actually behind the change: an important part of its corn is used to feed chickens, pigs, and cattle.
2018年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文
- At least, workers wouldn't have needed to carry cattle fat or water to smooth the paths.
2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文
- Because rolling work can be done by fewer cattle.
2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读E 选项
- To make the work easier, workers may have lubricated the paths either with wet clay or with the fat from cattle.
2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文
实用场景例句
- a herd of cattle
- 一群牛
牛津词典
- twenty head of cattle (= twenty cows)
- 二十头牛
牛津词典
- dairy/beef cattle
- 乳 / 肉牛
牛津词典
- ...the finest herd of beef cattle for two hundred miles.
- 方圆两百英里内最好的肉用牛群
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The cattle are well fenced out.
- 牛群被妥善地用栅栏隔开了.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- They talked endlessly about beet and cattle feed.
- 他们就甜菜和牛饲料的话题谈个没完.
《简明英汉词典》
- He has twenty head of cattle on the farm.
- 他在农场养了20头牛.
《简明英汉词典》
- He feeds oats to his cattle.
- 他给牛喂燕麦.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- They keep animals, e . g . goats and cattle.
- 他们饲养家畜, 例如山羊和牛.
《简明英汉词典》
- She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.
- 她赶着牛群穿过荒野.
《简明英汉词典》
- Buyers cleared the day's cattle run at steady rates.
- 买主以稳定的价格买光了这一天牵到集市来的牲口.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- I watched him drive the cattle out.
- 我看着他把牛赶出去.
《简明英汉词典》
- The little boy is herding the cattle.
- 这个小男孩在放牛.
《简明英汉词典》
- The cattle had trodden a path to the pond.
- 牛群踏出了一条通往池塘的小径.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Most farms have a pond from which cattle can drink.
- 大多数农场都有水槽让牛群饮水.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- St George slew the cattle.
- 圣乔治杀死牛.
《简明英汉词典》
- On big farms cattle are usually branded.
- 在大农场里,牲畜身上通常都打上烙印.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- This part of the field has been fenced off to keep the cattle off.
- 这块地用栅栏围了起来,以免牛跑进去.
《简明英汉词典》
- After a summer here the poorest sheep and cattle grow strong and fat.
- 经过一个夏天,连最差的牛羊在这里也长得又肥又壮了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- People herded together like cattle.
- 人们像牛群一般聚在一起.
《简明英汉词典》
- He took care to keep the cattle from falling off.
- 他精心照料着牛群,不使它们瘦下来.
《简明英汉词典》
- These cattle have my brand on them.
- 这些牛身上打了烙印,标明是我的牛.
《简明英汉词典》
- Some cattle were drinking at the pool.
- 有几头牛在那池塘边饮水.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- There is good grassland here for your cattle and horses to graze on.
- 这里有很好的草地供你们放牧牛马.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- the selective breeding of cattle
- 牛的选择性培育
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- The cattle disease occurs more or less anywhere in Africa where the fly occurs.
- 在非洲凡是有这种蝇虫的地方，几乎都会出现这一牛病。
柯林斯例句
- His herd of 170 dairy cattle and 200 young stock are kept on the land.
- 他那170头奶牛和200头乳牛都在那块地上圈养。
柯林斯例句
- Outside, two old boys lingered on the street corner discussing cattle.
- 两个老头儿在外面街角迟迟不走，聊着牛的事情。
柯林斯例句