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calves

/kɑːvz/ /kævz/

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noun

小牛，牛犊。

A young cow or bull.

Examples :

"The farmer carefully watched the calves playing in the pasture. "

农夫仔细地看着在牧场里玩耍的小牛犊们。

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noun

小牛皮

Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.

Examples :

"The bookbinder used high-quality calves for the cover of the rare edition. "

书籍装帧师用了上好的小牛皮来制作这本珍稀版本的封面。

material industry

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noun

小崽，幼崽

A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals).

Examples :

"The zookeeper carefully observed the playful calves of the elephants. "

动物园管理员仔细观察着那些嬉戏玩耍的小象崽。

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noun

冰块，冰山碎块

A chunk of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.

Examples :

"The hikers saw several calves breaking off the glacier, floating downstream. "

徒步者们看到好几块从冰川上断裂下来的冰块，顺着河流漂向下游。

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noun

小岛，岛屿。

A small island, near a larger island.

Examples :

"the Calf of Man"

马恩岛附近的小岛

geography place environment

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noun

无盖火车头，小火车。

A cabless railroad engine.

Examples :

"The museum displayed a vintage steam calves, a type of cabless railroad engine. "

博物馆展出了一辆老式蒸汽小火车，这是一种无盖火车头。

technical machine vehicle industry

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noun

傻小子, 笨蛋.

An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.

Examples :

""Don't let the other kids trick you; they sometimes treat the new boy like one of the calves because he's shy and unsure of himself." "

别让其他孩子骗了你；他们有时候把新来的男孩当成傻小子一样对待，因为他害羞又不自信。

person character human

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noun

小腿，腓。

The back of the leg below the knee.

Examples :

"The dancer stretched her calves before the performance. "

演出前，舞者伸展了她的小腿。

body anatomy part

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noun

小腿，腓肠肌

The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

Examples :

"After running the marathon, Maria felt a sharp pain in her calves. "

跑完马拉松后，玛丽亚感到她的小腿肌肉一阵剧痛。

anatomy body physiology

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verb

产犊，生小牛。

To give birth to a calf

Examples :

"The cow calved a healthy calf this morning. "

今天早上，这头母牛生了一头健康的小牛。

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verb

助产，接生。

To assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf

Examples :

"The experienced farmer was needed to calve the cow that was having trouble delivering her calf. "

经验丰富的农夫需要帮忙给那头难产的母牛接生。

agriculture animal biology aid

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verb

产犊, 生小牛。

To give birth to (a calf)

Examples :

"The cow calved a healthy calf this morning. "

今天早上这头母牛生了一头健康的牛犊。

animal biology agriculture

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verb

崩解，断裂.

(especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg)

Examples :

"The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched."

我们眼睁睁地看着冰川开始崩解断裂。

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verb

断裂，崩解

(especially of an iceberg) to break off

Examples :

"The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier."

由于附近冰川不断有冰山崩解断裂，这片海域非常危险。

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verb

崩解，断裂。

(especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg)

Examples :

"The glacier was starting to calve an iceberg even as we watched."

即使在我们观看的时候，那座冰川就开始崩解，断裂出一座冰山。

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