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buffalo/ˈbʌfələʊ/ n. & v.●n. (pl. same 单复同 or -oes) 1a an Asiatic ox of the genus Bubalus, with heavy backswept horns, esp. (in full 全称 water buffalo) B. arnee, which is domesticated as a draught animal (亚洲水牛属)水牛 b (in full 全称 Cape buffalo) a powerful wild ox, Syncerus caffer, of eastern and southern Africa (东、南非)水牛 2 a N. American bison, Bison bison (北美)野牛 ●v. tr. (-oes, -oed) N. Amer. slang overawe, outwit [北美] [俚语]威吓；迷惑；欺骗 [probably from Portuguese bufalo via Late Latin bufalus and Latin bubalus from Greek boubalos ‘antelope, wild ox’] |