calve

英 [kɑːv] 美 [kæv]
  • vt. 下仔；生小牛；使崩解
  • vi. 生小牛；下仔；崩解
  • n. (Calve)人名；(西、意)卡尔韦；(法)卡尔夫
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英语词源

calve (v.)
Old English cealfian, from cealf "calf" (see calf (n.1)). Of icebergs, 1837. Related: Calved; calving.

权威例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 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。

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3. Their bulls gender without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.
他们的公牛交尾,无不成功; 母牛产子,决无流产.

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4. The whales calve at this time of year.
鲸鱼在每年的这个时候产仔.

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5. The icebergs and glaciers calve.
冰山和冰川在瓦解.

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