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单词 beef
释义
beef
noun
uk
/biːf/us
/biːf/

beefnoun(MEAT)

B1[U]
thefleshofcattle(=cows),eatenasfood:
牛肉
Thespaghettisauceis made withminced(USground) beef.这种意大利面的调味汁是用牛肉末做成的。
People inEnglandoften haveroastbeefandYorkshirepuddingforlunchonSundays.英格兰人星期天午餐常吃烤牛肉和约克郡布丁。
He is a beefcattlefarmer.他专门饲养菜牛。
More examples
  • Pour themarinadeover the beef andleaveit for 24hours.
  • Would you like anothersliceof beef?
  • I like thesoundof the beef inredwinesauce.
  • I'mwonderingwhether to have thefishor the beef.
  • Myfishwasdeliciousbut Charles' beef hadalmostnoflavour.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Kinds of meat
  • back bacon
  • bacon
  • biltong
  • broiler
  • burnt ends
  • dark meat
  • duck
  • filet mignon
  • fryer
  • gammon
  • mignon
  • mutton
  • pancetta
  • Parma ham
  • partridge
  • Serrano ham
  • squab
  • turkey
  • veal
  • venison
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beefnoun(COMPLAINT)

[C]informal
acomplaint:
抱怨；怨言
Mymainbeefaboutthejobis that I have toworkonSaturdays.我对这份工作最大的不满是周六还得干活儿。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Complaining
  • be/go on atsomeoneidiom
  • bellyaching
  • bewail
  • brouhaha
  • bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
  • complain
  • complaining
  • create/kick up/raise a stinkidiom
  • gnashing of teethidiom
  • grouch
  • make noisesidiom
  • mutter
  • nark
  • raise a rumpusidiom
  • rumpus
  • squawk
  • start on atsomeone
  • vituperation
  • whinging
  • whiny
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beefnoun(FORCE)

[U]mainlyUKinformal
strength,power, orforce:
力量，力气
He said that thenewlypublishedgovernmentreportdidn't have much beef in it.他称新发布的政府报告没什么力度。
Pushharder! Put some beef into it!再用点力推！加把劲！
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Power and intensity
  • ascendant
  • be (as) solid as a rockidiom
  • brunt
  • cast iron
  • clout
  • depth
  • grunt
  • high-impact
  • intensity
  • invincibility
  • invulnerability
  • juggernaut
  • keenness
  • richness
  • robustness
  • stridency
  • sturdiness
  • superintensity
  • virulence
  • vividness
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beef
verb[I]
informal
uk
/biːf/us
/biːf/
tocomplain:
抱怨
He was beefingabouthaving to do theshopping.他在为不得不去购物而抱怨。
Synonyms
bellyacheinformal
grouseinformal
squawk
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Complaining
  • be/go on atsomeoneidiom
  • bellyaching
  • bewail
  • brouhaha
  • bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
  • complain
  • complaining
  • create/kick up/raise a stinkidiom
  • gnashing of teethidiom
  • grouch
  • make noisesidiom
  • mutter
  • nark
  • raise a rumpusidiom
  • rumpus
  • squawk
  • start on atsomeone
  • vituperation
  • whinging
  • whiny
See more results »

Phrasal verb

beefsomethingup
(Definition ofbeeffrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

beef| American Dictionary

beef
noun
us
/bif/

beefnoun(MEAT)

[U]
thefleshofcattleeatenasmeat:
aroastbeefsandwich

beefnoun(COMPLAINT)

[C]slang
acomplaint:
My beef is, how come I’m not making as much as you?
beef
verb[I]
slang
us
/bif/

beefverb[I](COMPLAIN)

tocomplain:
Stop beefing about having toworklate – you’re not the only one.

Phrasal verb

beef upsomething
(Definition ofbeeffrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbeef

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Why on earth is it not beefed up now, without further delay?
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Clearly, the whole treaty needs beefing up very fast indeed.
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Another improvement will be what might be called beefing up the chairman, and he may have to be legally qualified.
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I want the scheme to help farmers to improve hedgerows to be beefed up and made much more effective.
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However, it beefs up the arguments and emphasises the public need for change and to ensure standards.
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I agree with those who say that local access forums have to be beefed up.
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Local councils' trading standards departments have to be beefed up so that that aspect of the legislation can be effective.
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The benefit will have to be beefed up again in the autumn to keep pace with inflation and people's genuine and reasonable aspirations.
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The directive could, of course, have been still better and beefed up even more, for example as far as the timetables are concerned.
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In the other place, the commissioner's powers were beefed up so that they could initiate inquiries.
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The beefing up of the "availability for work"test with an"actively seeking work" test was opposed by the party at the time.
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Will he give us a guarantee that wages councils will be beefed up to deal with injustices?
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He has never beefed about it until now.
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I also put forward proposals for beefing up councils, with shop-front premises and more staff.
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There may be a case for beefing up the registry.
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Collocationswithbeef

beef

These are words often used in combination withbeef.

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beef broth
Many recipes add tomatoes or canned tomato sauce, while others addbeefbrothand/or brandy or other distilled spirits.
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beef cattle
Hardness values at the proximal wall site were significantly greater on average forbeefcattleclaws than for those of the dairy cattle.
From theCambridge English Corpus
beef industry
Decisions were taken on the basis of biased recommendations, and studies were commissioned and paid for by thebeefindustryitself.
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