网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 buffalo
释义
buffalo
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbʌf.ə.ləʊ/us
/ˈbʌf.ə.loʊ/
pluralbuffaloesorbuffalo
alargeanimalof thecattlefamily, withlong,curvedhorns:
水牛；野牛
It iscommonhere toseeawaterbuffalopullingacart.
One of Italy's mostrevereddelicaciesismozzarellamade with buffalomilk.
picture of buffalo
lirtlon/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages
aNorthAmericanbison(= alargewildanimal,similarto acowbut having alargerheadandshoulderscoveredinhair):
Readers willgrowtounderstandhowsacredthe buffalo was inbuildingthe AmericanWest.
picture of buffalo
GlobalP/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages
More examples
  • Where I come from, we use buffalo topullaplough.
  • Theyfarmcoriander,pomegranatesand buffalo.
  • Somewheresoutheastof El Paso in the early 1530s, theshipwreckedwandererCabeza de Vaca firstsawthe buffalo, or the Americanbison.
  • Thepaintingshowsbuffalo sonumeroustheydarkentheplainintheirthousands.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cattle & similar animals
  • bison
  • bossy
  • bovine
  • bullock
  • calf
  • cattle
  • cow
  • Friesian
  • Galloway
  • heifer
  • highland
  • Holstein
  • longhorn
  • maverick
  • ox
  • ox-drawn
  • shorthorn
  • steer
  • yak
  • zebu
See more results »
(Definition ofbuffalofrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • Some American Indians ate buffalo meat because many buffalo lived near them.
  • They had a feast with the meat of the buffalo.
buffalo
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbʌf.ə.ləʊ/us
/ˈbʌf.ə.loʊ/
pluralbuffaloesorbuffalo
alargeanimalof thecattlefamily, withlong,curvedhorns
水牛；野牛

buffalo| American Dictionary

buffalo
noun[C]
us
/ˈbʌf·əˌloʊ/
pluralbuffaloesorbuffalo
any ofvariouslargeanimalsof thecattlefamilyfoundinAfrica,Asia, andNorthAmerica:
Thehugeherdsof buffalo on theGreatPlains of thewestwerehuntedalmosttoextinction.
(Definition ofbuffalofrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbuffalo

buffalo
Later he pulled off the same feat with abuffalo.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The paths were ruined by buffaloes, which were driven over them in herds to be sold in towns.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Domestic intermediate hosts (cattle, sheep, goats and buffaloes) are major reservoirs for the disease in humans.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Table 2 summarises the distribution of cells to inner cell mass and to trophectoderm inbuffalo, cattle and hybrid embryos.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is a species that occurs in the abdominal cavity of cattle,buffalo, bison, yak and various species of deer, but rarely in sheep.
From theCambridge English Corpus
For this purpose, 100 faecal samples were collected from sheep, goats, cattle and buffaloes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
On the earlier frontier, punk was dry, powdery fuel (from rotten wood to drybuffalochips) used to help get afirestarted.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Our observations would suggest that the proportion of cells devoted to the trophectoderm fluctuates asbuffaloblastocyst development progresses.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The highest offal condemnation was seen in the lungs of sheep (13.4%) and the lowest in the liver of buffaloes (0.4%) (table 2).
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, the elephants were not a great success and the role of the buffaloes was a limited one.
From theCambridge English Corpus
For example, an index ofbuffaloimpact on rain-forest patches could be derived frombuffalotracks observed on historical aerial photography.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The available statistics indicate that there are 1.8 head cattle and 1.6buffaloper hectare of rice.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The fact that the isolates were made from cattle andbuffaloemphasizes the important role which large ruminants play in the epidemiology of the virus.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The large majority of the isolates (104) came from cattle, rather thanbuffaloblood (4).
From theCambridge English Corpus
We assume that buffaloes are born into a susceptible class.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/buffalo##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/28 0:32:55