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calve (of a cow or female animal) give birth to a calf
用于动物，通常指牛生仔。
The cow calved last night.
那头母牛昨晚生了小牛。
生小牛，下仔
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生小牛，下仔
to give birth to a calf
The cow calved last night.
那头母牛昨晚生了小牛。
生小牛；下仔
v. release ice；v. birth
calve
Base
原形
calve
3rd person
第三人称单数
calving
-ing
现在分词
calved
Past
过去式
calved
Past participle
过去分词
Cows calve in spring.
奶牛在春天产犊。
The cow calved last night.
那头牛昨晚产犊了。
The cow is calving now.
那头牛正在产犊。
规则动词
Our cow is expected to calve next week.
我们的母牛预计下周生小牛。
The glacier calved a massive iceberg into the sea.
冰川崩解下一座巨大的冰山落入海中。
The iceberg had calved from the ice shelf days earlier.
那座冰山几天前就从冰架上崩解下来了。
用于动物，通常指牛生仔。
The cow calved last night.
那头母牛昨晚生了小牛。
用于冰川，主语是冰川，宾语是崩解形成的冰山。
The glacier calved a large iceberg.
冰川崩解形成了一座巨大的冰山。
不及物用法，强调崩解过程。
The glacier is calving rapidly.
冰川正在迅速崩解。
Not this
The calve is sleeping.
Use this
The calf is sleeping.
calve 是动词，不能用作名词。应使用名词 calf 表示小牛。
Not this
Yesterday, the cow calve.
Use this
Yesterday, the cow calved.
一般过去时需使用动词过去式 calved，而非原形 calve。
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动词，既可作及物动词（如冰川崩解出冰山），也可作不及物动词（如母牛生小牛）。
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