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单词 bull
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bull
bʊl bʊl
Word forms: plural bulls
1 N-COUNT 公牛 A bull is a male animal of the cow family. 公牛
2 N-COUNT 雄兽;雄性动物 Some other male animals, including elephants and whales, are called bulls . 雄兽;雄性动物
  • ...a massive bull elephant with huge tusks.

    一头体形庞大、长着巨大象牙的雄象

3 N-COUNT (预期股价上涨而买进股票以期不久可高价卖出获利的)买空者,多头 On the stock market, bulls are people who buy shares in expectation of a price rise, in order to make a profit by selling the shares again after a short time. (预期股价上涨而买进股票以期不久可高价卖出获利的)买空者,多头 [business]
4 N-COUNT 教皇诏书;教皇训谕 In the Roman Catholic church, a papal bull is an official statement on a particular subject that is issued by the Pope. 教皇诏书;教皇训谕
5 N-UNCOUNT 胡说;废话 If you say that something is bull or a load of bull, you mean that it is complete nonsense or absolutely untrue. 胡说;废话 [informal]
  • I think it's a load of bull.

    我认为那是胡说八道。

  • The press couldn't deal with that so they made up all this bull.

    新闻媒体无法应对此事,因此他们就编造了这通谎言。

6 See also: cock-and-bull story  pit bull terrier 
7 PHRASE [usu like PHR] 像闯进瓷器店的公牛一样;莽撞冒失 If you say that someone rushes into a situation like a bull in a china shop, you are critical of them because they do not stop to think, and are insensitive to other people's feelings. 像闯进瓷器店的公牛一样;莽撞冒失 [informal, disapproval]
  • Still, it'll stop him rampaging all over the place like a bull in a china shop.

    尽管如此,这将会让他不再像个冒失鬼一样到处横冲直撞了。

8 PHRASE [usu like PHR] 好像公牛进了瓷器店;笨手笨脚 You say that someone is like a bull in a china shop when they are very clumsy. 好像公牛进了瓷器店;笨手笨脚
9 PHRASE 勇敢面对危险(或困境) If you take the bull by the horns, you do something that you feel you ought to do even though it is difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant. 勇敢面对危险(或困境)
  • Now is the time for the Chancellor to take the bull by the horns and announce a two per cent cut in interest rates.

    现在是财政大臣迎难而上,宣布利率下调两个百分点的时候了。

10 like a red rag to a bull→see: rag 
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