calf

英 [kɑːf] 美 [kæf]

• 翻译

  n. [解剖] 腓肠，小腿；小牛；小牛皮；(鲸等大哺乳动物的)幼崽

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n. [解剖] 腓肠，小腿；小牛；小牛皮；(鲸等大哺乳动物的)幼崽

calf 小腿肚，幼兽

来自PIE *gel, 鼓起，子宫，词源同child, dolphin.

calf

calf:

English has two distinct words

calf

, both of Germanic origin.

Calf

‘young cow’ goes back to Old English

cealf

, descendant of a prehistoric West Germanic *

kalbam

, which also produced German

kalb

and Dutch

kalf

.

Calf

of the leg [14] was borrowed from Old Norse

kálfi

, of unknown origin.

calf (n.1)

\\\\\\\"young cow,\\\\\\\" Old English

cealf

(Anglian

cælf

) \\\\\\\"young cow,\\\\\\\" from Proto-Germanic

*kalbam

(cognates: Middle Dutch

calf

, Old Norse

kalfr

, German

Kalb

, Gothic

kalbo

), perhaps from PIE

*gelb(h)-

, from root

*gel-

\\\\\\\"to swell,\\\\\\\" hence, \\\\\\\"womb, fetus, young of an animal.\\\\\\\" Elliptical sense of \\\\\\\"leather made from the skin of a calf\\\\\\\" is from 1727. Used of icebergs that break off from glaciers from 1818.

calf (n.2)

fleshy part of the lower leg, early 14c., from Old Norse

kalfi

, source unknown; possibly from the same Germanic root as calf (n.1).

1. The snow, except where it drifted, was only

calf

-deep.

除了吹得堆积起来的地方，雪只有小腿肚深。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I rubbed the velvety grooves inside the

calf

\\\\\\\"s ears.

我摩挲着小牛耳朵里面柔软的凹槽。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Hillsden was complain-ing of cramp in his

calf

muscles.

希尔斯登说他小腿抽筋。

来自柯林斯例句

4. He suffered a pulled

calf

muscle.

他小腿肚肌肉拉伤。

来自柯林斯例句

5. I\\\\\\\"ve torn a

calf

muscle.

我拉伤了小腿肌肉。

来自《权威词典》