单词乎

heifer

音标['hefә]

汉语翻译

n. 小母牛

英语解释

名词 heifer:

  1. young cow

例句

  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。

详细解释


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 ahfore
源自 古英语 ahfore
ah- [of unknown meaning]
ah- [意义未知的]
fearr [calf]
fearr [牛犊]


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