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| /bʊl/ |
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| 1 | C an adult male of the cattle family （牛科动物中的）公牛 |
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| 2 | C business someone who expects the price of shares to rise and may buy them so they can sell them later at a profit 多头；买进股票投机图利者 |
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| 3 | C an official statement from a pope 教皇诏书 |
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| 4 | C the circle in the centre of a target that you try to hit in the sports of shooting or archery , or in the game of darts 靶心 |
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| 5 | U MAINLY AMERICAN informal something someone says that is stupid or not true 胡说八道 |
| You’ re talking bull. 你胡说八道！ |
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| - | like a bull in a china shop
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| doing something with too much enthusiasm or too quickly and carelessly in a way that may damage things or upset someone |
| 笨手笨脚到处闯祸；鲁莽闯祸 |
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| - | take the bull by the horns
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| to deal with a problem in a very direct and confident way , even though there is some risk in doing this |
| 直接大胆处理问题 |
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| I decided to take the bull by the horns and ask him to leave. 我决定大胆地直接叫他离开。 |
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| See also | | - red 1 | | - shoot 1 | |
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