cat·tle
noun/ˈkætl/
/ˈkætl/
[plural]- cows and bulls that are kept as farm animals for their milk or meat
enlarge image牛 - a herd of cattle
一群牛 - twenty head of cattle (= twenty cows)
二十头牛 - dairy/beef cattle
乳牛；菜牛 - The prisoners were herded into trucks like cattle.
囚犯们像牛一样被赶进卡车。
Collocations FarmingFarmingGrowing food and raising animals- plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
- grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
- plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
- sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
- spread manure/fertilizer on something
- cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
- damage/destroy/lose your crop
- ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
- press/dry/ferment grapes
- grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
- raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
- raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
- kill/slaughter livestock
- preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
- run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
- use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
- begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
- grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
- fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
- improve/increase crop yields
- face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
- label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
- eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
- oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
- promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
Extra ExamplesTopics Animalsc1- Cattle that stray onto the electric railway line are killed instantly.
走失到电气铁路轨道上去的牛立刻给杀死了。 - Cattle were first domesticated in Neolithic times.
新石器时代有人开始驯养牛。 - Farmers drove cattle along major roads as a protest against high taxes.
农民沿着大路赶牛示威，反对重税。 - He moved his cattle farther down into the valley in winter.
冬天他把牛赶到山谷中更远的地方。 - Villagers traditionally have the right to graze their cattle on the common land.
按惯例村民可以在公用地上放牛。 - cattle grazing in the fields
正在牧场吃草的牛 - Electric cattle prods were used against the demonstrators.
当局用赶牛电棒来对付示威者。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- beef
- dairy
- Highland
- …
- head
- herd
- keep
- raise
- rear
- …
- graze
- auction
- market
- breeding
- …
- a breed of cattle
Word OriginMiddle English (also denoting personal property or wealth): from Anglo-Norman French catel, variant of Old French chatel, from medieval Latin capitale, from Latin capitalis, from caput ‘head’. - a herd of cattle