(复同单, 或-oes)
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- heavily built wild ox with backswept horns, found mainly in the Old World tropics水牛：
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- four species native to South Asia (genus Bubalus, family Bovidae).南亚产有4种（水牛属, 牛科）。参见WATER BUFFALO, ANOA.
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- the North American bison美洲野牛。
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- （亦作buffalo fish）a large greyish-olive freshwater fish with thick lips, common in North America牛胭鱼。
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- Genus Ictiobus, family Catostomidae: several species.牛胭鱼属, 胭脂鱼科： 数种。
(-oes, -oed)with obj.(常作be buffaloed)
1- N. Amer. informal overawe or intimidate (someone)〈北美, 非正式〉吓唬; 威吓, 恫吓：
she didn't like being buffaloed.
她不喜欢别人威吓她。
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- baffle (someone)为难; 阻碍; 使困惑：
the problem has buffaloed the advertising staff.
这个问题让广告部的人很为难。
词源
mid 16th cent.: probably from Portuguese bufalo, from late Latin bufalus, from earlier bubalus, from Greek boubalos 'antelope， wild ox'.