搜尋結果
calve
- IPA[kɑːv]
英式
- (of cows and certain other large animals) give birth to a calf;(of a person) help (a cow) give birth to a calf
verb: calve, 3rd person present: calves, gerund or present participle: calving, past tense: calved, past participle: calved
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. (of cows and certain other large animals) give birth to a calf Galloway cows have wide pelvises and calve easily calving takes place in the spring
- ▪ (of a person) help (a cow) give birth to a calf people often used to come for him to help calve their cows
- 2. (of an iceberg or glacier) split and shed (a smaller mass of ice) glaciers were calving icebergs directly into the sea
- ▪ (of a mass of ice) split off from an iceberg or glacier ice calved off a glacier with a loud explosive crumble
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- IPA[ka(l)v]
美式
- (of cows and certain other large animals) give birth to a calf: Galloway cows have wide pelvises and calve easily calving takes place in the spring
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