【beef】 - A-level备考词汇

beef

UK:  [biːf]

US:  [bif]

复数：beefs  现在分词：beefing  过去分词：beefed  

v.

1.使(菜牛等)长膘

2.发牢骚

3.向警察局报告,告发

n.

1.牛肉;〔转义〕食用肉

2.肉用牛

3.食用牛,菜牛

4.〔口语〕肌肉;体力,膂力,力量

5.肉状夹石

6.抱怨

7.〔美口〕不平,牢骚,诉苦;告发

8.〔口语〕肥瘦(程度),体重

9.火腿石

adj.

1.牛类的

2.供食用的

1 . They called to ask what happened and how she was doing. They showed up with food: taco casseroles, barbecued beef, fried chicken.
他们打来电话询问事情经过，了解她的状况，过来看她，还带来墨西哥玉米面肉卷、烤牛肉、炸鸡等食物。

2 . "We will continue to work with you to have consumer confidence in that matter. We want there to be consumer confidence in American beef. "
“在此问题上，我们将共同努力以增进贸易互信，也希望你们对美国牛肉消费抱有信心”。

3 . So I persuaded one of my friends to put me in a barrel and send me on board with the salt beef.
所以我说服了我的一个朋友，把我装到桶里边，和咸牛肉一起送到船上。

4 . But in the U. S. , auto makers and beef farmers complained the deal didn't go far enough to open up the South Korean market.
但美国的汽车生产商和肉牛农场主抱怨说，这一协定还不足以为美国打开韩国市场。

5 . There has never been a confirmed case of anyone contracting the human variant of mad cow disease from eating American beef.
事实上从来没有任何人因为食用美国牛肉被确诊感染人类疯牛病。