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calf

noun
🔊/kɑːf/
🔊/kæf/
(plural calves
🔊/kɑːvz/
🔊/kævz/
)
Idioms
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  1. [countable] the back part of the leg between the ankle and the knee腓肠；小腿肚
    • I've torn a calf muscle.我拉伤了小腿肌肉。🔊🔊
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    • The calves are grazed intensively during their first season.小牛在生长的第一季里集中喂养。
    • These calves are reared for beef.这些小牛是作为肉牛饲养的。
    Topics Bodyc1
  2. [countable] a young cow小牛；牛犊Topics Animalsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bull
    • heifer
    • beef
    • …
    verb + calf
    • produce
    • rear
    calf + verb
    • feed
    • graze
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  3. [countable] a young animal of some other type such as a young elephant or whale（象、鲸等的）崽，幼兽
  4. [uncountable]
    (also calfskin)
    soft thin leather made from the skin of calves, used especially for making shoes and clothing小牛皮，小牛皮革（尤用于制作皮鞋和皮衣）
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    5. Word Originsenses 2 to 4 Old English cælf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kalf and German Kalb. sense 1 Middle English: from Old Norse kálfi, of unknown origin.
Idioms
in/with calf
  1. (of a cow母牛) pregnant怀崽的