heifer

名词 heifer:

1. young cow

1. He was loath to surrender his sweetheart to his wife; yet how refuse so trifling a present as a heifer?
   他实在不想将情人交给自己的老婆; 但是他又怎好拒绝象一头母牛这样的区区小意思呢？
2. She brushed away the darkness and saw him on the banks of a glassy river with a beautiful heifer standing near.
   她拨开云层见到他正呆在一条明镜般的小河岸上，身旁有一头美丽的小母牛。
3. A maiden who was loved by Zeus and transformed by Hera into a heifer.
   艾奥宙斯所爱的少女，被赫拉变成丁小母牛
4. The heifer is only six months old.
   这只小母牛只有六个月大。

heif.er

n.（名词）
A young cow, especially one that has not yet given birth to a calf.
小母牛：年幼的母牛，尤指未曾生过牛犊者

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English hôahfore
源自 古英语 hôahfore
hôah- [of unknown meaning]
hôah- [意义未知的]
fearr [calf]
fearr [牛犊]