Word · Frequency #4295
beefs
牛肉
beefs is the plural of beef.
The meat of cattle, especially adult domestic cattle, eaten as food.
- 1.
The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
牛或其他牛科动物的肉,尤指成年个体的肉
- 2.
cattle that are reared for their meat
为取肉而饲养的牛
- 3.
Bovine animals.
牛科动物
- 4.
meat from an adult domestic bovine
成年家养牛的肉
- 5.
Fibrous calcite or limestone, especially when occurring in a jagged layer between shales in Dorset.
纤维状方解石或石灰岩,尤指多塞特郡页岩间呈锯齿状层状产出的那种
- 6.
informal terms for objecting
非正式用语,指反对
牛；肉牛；抱怨；不满；牢骚；纤维方解石；纤维状石灰岩；牛或其他牛科动物的肉,尤指成年个体的肉；为取肉而饲养的牛
In use
I ordered a beef steak for dinner.
She cooked beef stew with vegetables.
He has a beef with his neighbor about the noise.
have a beef with sb
常用于口语，表示个人之间的不满。
He has a beef with his neighbor.
他和邻居有矛盾。
have a beef about sth
She has a beef about the new policy.
她对这项新政策有怨言。
beef + noun (as food)
作食物时，直接修饰其他名词。
I ordered beef noodles.
我点了牛肉面。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- roast beef
- 烤牛肉
- I love roast beef with gravy.我喜欢配肉汁的烤牛肉。
- ground beef
- 碎牛肉
- She bought ground beef to make meatballs.她买了碎牛肉来做肉丸。
- beef stew
- 炖牛肉
- The beef stew simmered all afternoon.炖牛肉炖了一整个下午。
- have a beef
- 有不满；有怨言
- He has a beef with his coworker over the schedule.他因为时间安排和同事有不满。
- main beef
- 主要不满
- Her main beef is that the movie was too long.她主要不满的是电影太长了。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
吃牛肉（beef）时别抱怨（beef）肉太硬——一词双义，联想记忆。
Context & Register
名词beef有两个常见含义：1) 牛肉，中性，日常用语；2) 抱怨、不满，非正式用语，常见于口语和俚语。
Grammar Note
作'抱怨'解时用单数，后常接with
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with 'beef' (IPA: /biːf/), sharing the same vowel and ending consonant /iːf/ despite varied spellings (-eaf, -ief, -eef).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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