【calf】 - A-level备考词汇

calf

UK:  [kɑːf]

US:  [kæf]

复数：calves  

n.

1.小牛,犊;(鲸、象等的)仔;犊皮

2.牛犊

3.小牛皮

4.犊牛

5.腓,腿肚子

6.大岛附近的小岛

7.〔口语〕傻头傻脑的青年人

8.冰山崩落下来的漂流冰块

9.幼仔

10.仔冰

1 . Skipper Vidic has been sidelined with a calf injury since the opening day win at West Brom but is ready to face the Romanian outfit.
队长维迪奇曾经因为小腿受伤，自开业之日击败西布罗姆维奇但准备面对罗马尼亚语服装。

2 . "I won't, " he finally managed to breathe, never dreaming that she was thinking he looked like a calf waiting for the butcher.
“我不会的，”他到底控制住了自己的呼吸，做梦也不曾想到她正把自己看成一只小牛，正等候屠夫宰杀哩。

3 . At just a week old, this white calf already weighs over a tonne.
仅仅一周，这些刚出生的小鲸已经重达一吨

4 . Then he took my fibula from my calf, cut it out and then relocated it to my thigh, where it now lives.
他把我的腓骨从小腿肚里取出，将它切下，然后把它接到我的大腿里，它现在就在那里安家了。

5 . Then he told her again that he did not want her to stay when Maudie's calf came.
随后他再次告诉奥利弗，当马蒂的牛犊来临时，他不想让她留在这里。