buffalo

英 [\"bʌfələʊ] 美 [\"bʌfəlo]

• 翻译

  n. [畜牧][脊椎] 水牛；[脊椎] 野牛（产于北美）；水陆两用坦克

  n. (Buffalo)人名；(英)布法罗

英 [\"bʌfələʊ]||||||美 [\"bʌfəlo]

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n. [畜牧][脊椎] 水牛；[脊椎] 野牛（产于北美）；水陆两用坦克

n. (Buffalo)人名；(英)布法罗

buffalo 水牛

词源同bov, 牛，见bovine, 牛的。

buffalo

buffalo:

[16] English probably acquired

buffalo

from Portuguese

bufalo

, originally naming the ‘water buffalo’,

Bubalis bubalis

, a large oxlike animal of Asiaa,n,dAfrica,a,n,dsubsequently extended to the ‘Cape buffalo’ of South Africa,

Syncerus caffer

. The Portuguese word came from late Latin

bufalus

, an alteration of Latin

bubalus

, which was borrowed from Greek

boúbalos

. The Greek word, which seems to have named a type of African gazelle, may have been formed from

bous

‘ox’. The application of the word to the North American bison, which is still regarded as ‘incorrect’, dates from the late 18th century.

=> buff

buffalo (n.)

1580s (earlier

buffel

, 1510s, from Middle French), from Portuguese

bufalo

\\\\\\\"water buffalo,\\\\\\\" from Latin

bufalus

, variant of

bubalus

\\\\\\\"wild ox,\\\\\\\" from Greek

boubalos

\\\\\\\"buffalo,\\\\\\\" originally a kind of African antelope, later used of a type of domesticated ox in southern Asiaa,n,dthe Mediterranean lands, perhaps from

bous

\\\\\\\"ox, cow\\\\\\\" (see cow (n.)). Wrongly applied since 1630s to the American bison.

Buffalo gnat

is recorded from 1822.

Buffalo

city in western New York state, U.S., of disputed origin (there never were buffalo thereabouts), perhaps from the name of a native chief,o,ra corruption of French

beau fleuve

\\\\\\\"beautiful river.\\\\\\\"

Buffalo wings

finger food so called because the recipe was invented in Buffalo (1964, at Frank & Teressa\\\\\\\"s Anchor Bar on Main Street).

buffalo (v.)

\\\\\\\"alarm, overawe,\\\\\\\" 1900, from buffalo (n.). Probably from the animals\\\\\\\" tendency to mass panic. Related:

Buffaloed

;

buffaloing

.

1. Once there were 70 million

buffalo

on the plains.

北美大平原上曾有过7,000万头野牛。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A cluster of vultures crouched on the carcass of a dead

buffalo

.

一群秃鹫蹲伏在一具野牛的尸体上。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The festival commemorates the slaying of the demon

buffalo

.

那个节日是为了纪念杀死魔牛。

来自柯林斯例句

4. You can see the fresh

buffalo

dung on the country road.

你可以在乡间小路上看到刚屙下不久的水牛粪.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Asian

buffalo

isn\\\\\\\"t as wild as that of America\\\\\\\"s.

亚洲水牛比美国水牛温顺些.

来自《简明英汉词典》

布法罗（水牛城）--- 美国城市名。