calve

v. 生小牛, 下仔, (使)崩解

发音

UK /kɑːv/
其它 /kɑːv/
US /kæv/
SCOT /kav/

词形变化

calved calves 三单 calves calveth calving calving 现在分词 calved 过去式 calved 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To give birth to a calf.

    不及物

    The farmer could tell Bessie was about to calve.

  2. 2.

    To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.

    不及物

    The farmer calved Bessie for almost two hours.

  3. 3.

    To give birth to (a calf).

    及物
  4. 4.

    To shed a large piece.

    比喻 不及物

    The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched.

  5. 5.

    To break off.

    比喻 不及物

    The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.

  6. 6.

    To shed (a large piece); to set loose (a mass of ice).

    比喻 及物

    The glacier was starting to calve an iceberg even as we watched.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

break up

上位词 8

have part bear birth deliver separate divide give birth

词源

From Middle English calven, from Old English *calfian, cealfian, from Proto-West Germanic *kalbōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalbōną (“to calve”), from *kalbaz (“calf”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian koolvje, Dutch kalven, German Low German kalven, German kalben, Swedish kalva, Icelandic kálfa.

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