calved

柯林斯詞典

calve /kɑ?v/ (calving,calved,calves)

• 1. V-I When a cow calves, it gives birth to a calf. 產(chǎn)犢

  When his cows calve each year he keeps one or two calves for his family. 每年他的母牛產(chǎn)犢時(shí)，他都為家里留下一兩頭。

• 2. V-I Some other female animals, including elephants and whales, are said to calve when they give birth to their young. 生(幼崽)

  The whales migrate some 6,000 miles to breed and calve in the warm lagoons. 這種鯨魚(yú)環(huán)游了6,000英里到暖水湖里生育繁殖。

• 3. Calves is the plural of . calf的復(fù)數(shù)形式

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