a bullock
bullock 是可数名词,单数前需加限定词。
A bullock wandered onto the road.
一头阉牛游荡到了路上。
小公牛
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小公牛
young bull
A bullock wandered onto the road.
一头阉牛游荡到了路上。
阉割的公牛;阉牛。
A castrated bull; an ox.
小公牛
young bull
阉牛
castrated bull
The farmer led the bullock to the market early in the morning.
农夫一大早就把阉牛牵到市场。
A bullock stood quietly under the tree, chewing its cud.
一头阉牛安静地站在树下反刍。
They raised several bullocks for meat on their small farm.
他们在自家小农场里养了几头阉牛供食用。
bullock 是可数名词,单数前需加限定词。
A bullock wandered onto the road.
一头阉牛游荡到了路上。
bullock 的复数形式是 bullocks。
The farmer keeps several bullocks.
这位农民养了几头阉牛。
表示“一群”可用 a herd of 等量词结构。
A herd of bullocks crossed the river.
一群阉牛渡过了河。
Not this
The farmer keeps several bullock in the pasture.
Use this
The farmer keeps several bullocks in the pasture.
bullock 是可数名词,复数应加 -s;汉语没有复数变化,所以容易漏掉。
Not this
The bullock gives us milk.
Use this
The cow gives us milk.
bullock 指阉牛或小公牛,是雄性,不产奶;产奶的母牛要用 cow。
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牛车
The farmer drove a bullock cart to the market.
农夫赶着一辆牛车去市场。
一组阉牛
A bullock team was used to pull the heavy log.
一组阉牛被用来拖那根沉重的原木。
用阉牛犁地
Many small farms still plough with bullocks.
许多小农场仍然用阉牛犁地。
阉牛皮
The old belt was made of bullock hide.
那条旧腰带是阉牛皮做的。
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bullock 可拆成 bull + lock:公牛被锁住,成了温顺的阉牛。
语域:neutral 常见场景:agriculture、livestock farming 作名词时,bullock 通常指阉牛或小公牛,多用于农业、畜牧等语境;日常口语中是否常用会因地区而异,在书面叙述或专业介绍里也比较自然。
No common word rhymes with /ˈbʊlək/. Spelling lookalikes in -ock (block /blɒk/, lock /lɒk/, rock /rɒk/) sound different. The /ʊl/ sound of the first syllable matches bull, full, pull.
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