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单词 muley
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muley1

adjective ˈmjuːliˈmyo͞olē
US
  • (of cattle) hornless.

    〈主美〉(牛)无角的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Jr. Boys will rope muley steers or calves at all rodeos; no roping steers will be used.
    • You big boys seem to be like the muley cows in Oklahoma, who do not like to hook horns because muley cows by definition don't have horns.
    • In one of the most entertaining events of the weekend, 20 two-man teams joined forces to rope and tie muley cattle weighing 600+ lb.

Origin

Late 16th century (as noun): perhaps from Irish maol or Welsh moel, literally 'bald', used in the sense 'hornless cow'. The adjective dates from the mid 19th century. Compare with moiley.

muley2

(also mulie)
nounPlural mulies, Plural muleys ˈmjuːliˈmyo͞olē
US informal
  • A mule deer.

    〈美,非正式〉黑尾鹿

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Even when they are relatively young, however, whitetails and muleys are much larger than coyotes; their hooves are dangerous, often fatal, to coyotes that overstep predatory bounds.
    • A small herd of muleys, both bucks and does, were hopping over the sage, making their way down a valley just outside of our camp.
    • We mainly hunt muleys and they are rather large compared to the whitetails I have seen.

muley1

adjectiveˈmyo͞olē
US
  • (of cattle) hornless.

    〈主美〉(牛)无角的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Jr. Boys will rope muley steers or calves at all rodeos; no roping steers will be used.
    • In one of the most entertaining events of the weekend, 20 two-man teams joined forces to rope and tie muley cattle weighing 600+ lb.
    • You big boys seem to be like the muley cows in Oklahoma, who do not like to hook horns because muley cows by definition don't have horns.

Origin

Late 16th century (as noun): perhaps from Irish maol or Welsh moel, literally ‘bald’, used in the sense ‘hornless cow’. The adjective dates from the mid 19th century. Compare with moiley.

muley2

(also mulie)
nounˈmyo͞olē
US informal
  • A mule deer.

    〈美,非正式〉黑尾鹿

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Even when they are relatively young, however, whitetails and muleys are much larger than coyotes; their hooves are dangerous, often fatal, to coyotes that overstep predatory bounds.
    • We mainly hunt muleys and they are rather large compared to the whitetails I have seen.
    • A small herd of muleys, both bucks and does, were hopping over the sage, making their way down a valley just outside of our camp.
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