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单词 bull
释义
bull
noun
uk
/bʊl/us
/bʊl/

bullnoun(ANIMAL)

B1[C]
amalecow, or themaleofparticularanimalssuch as theelephantor thewhale:
公牛；雄象；雄鲸
They did notseethesignby thegatesaying "Beware of the bull".他们没有看见门旁边“当心公牛”的警示。
picture of bull
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More examples
  • The bulllowereditshornsandcharged.
  • The bulltossedhim up into theair.
  • goredby a bull
  • aprizebull
  • Don'ttellhim you're avegetarian- it's like aredragto a bull.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Names for the male & female of animals
  • billy goat
  • bitch
  • boar
  • boomer
  • buck
  • bullock
  • cob
  • doe
  • drake
  • drone
  • ewe
  • gelding
  • hind
  • mare
  • sire
  • sow
  • stag
  • stallion
  • steer
  • tigress
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Cattle & similar animals

bullnoun(FINANCE)

[C]finance & economicsspecialized
apersonwhobuyssharesincompanieshopingthepricewillrise, so that they can besoldlaterat aprofit
（预期证券价格上涨的）买空者，多头
Compare
bearnoun(FINANCE)specialized
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stock markets
  • algo
  • anti-city
  • anti-dilution
  • anti-speculation
  • anti-speculative
  • bearish
  • bond
  • broker
  • bull market
  • non-controlling
  • non-convertible
  • non-cumulative
  • non-directional
  • non-discretionary
  • payback period
  • rogue trader
  • stockbroker
  • stockholder
  • strip
  • the Big Board
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bullnoun(NONSENSE)

[U]informal
completenonsenseor something that is nottrue:
胡说八道；吹牛
Don'tgivemethatbullaboutnotknowingthetime.别跟我说你不知道时间，那纯粹是瞎说。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Nonsense
  • a crock (of shit)idiom
  • babble
  • balderdash
  • balls
  • baloney
  • blah
  • blather
  • blither
  • double-talk
  • doublespeak
  • drivel
  • eyewash
  • flapdoodle
  • malarkey
  • moonshine
  • mumbo jumbo
  • nonsense
  • nonsensical
  • prattle
  • rhubarb
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Idioms

like a bull in a china shop
take the bull by the horns
(Definition ofbullfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

bull| American Dictionary

bull
noun
us
/bʊl/

bullnoun(ANIMAL)

[C]
themaleofvariousanimals, such ascattle:
Ourherdhas two bulls and twentycows.

bullnoun(NONSENSE)

[U]infml
nonsenseor alie:
Don’t give me that bull about not getting mymessage.
(Definition ofbullfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

bull| Business English

bull
noun[C]
FINANCE,STOCK MARKET
uk
/bʊl/us
someone whoexpectsthepriceofshares,bonds,currency, etc. toincrease, and whobuystheseinvestmentsinordertosellthemlaterfor aprofit:
Bullsbelievethe USeconomyisbeginningtopickup.
Compare
bear
→bull market
(Definition ofbullfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbull

bull
There are some signs of the rasp on the bull's body, in the folds of the neck and under the eye (photograph 25).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Actually, all the dictionaries come close to the essential meaning, though they scatter their definitions like buckshot and don't hit the bull's eye.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Seconds later he was on the phone again, bulling into the next prospect.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The so-called "bull's eye" images were not estimated because the anatomy of the right ventricle is nonspherical.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In some cases, anticlericals painted churches red, heaped religious images on the bonfire and performed liturgical burlesques in which bulls were crowned bishop.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The man's beard, his eyelids, the bull's eyelid (photograph 25) and some of the channels in the hair show flat chiseling.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In bulls, the efficiency of in vitro fertilization is highly variable amongst individual sires.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Faeces were collected from 39 yearling bulls prior to and after treatment with oxytetracycline and from 44 untreated animals.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There might be three candidates or so left, bulling into clients.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In bulls, there is a positive correlation between spermaster formation at the time of fertilization and the bull's fertility.
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Our results confirmed a considerable variability amongst the bulls tested in the response rate of spermatozoa to heparin during incubation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Figure 9 shows the contrast between bucrania on the east wall and modelled bulls' head below a splayed figure on the west wall.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Like young bulls in the herd some of them had to try their strength against the old patriarch.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Markerassisted selection of candidate bulls for progeny testing programmes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
After the presentation of the champions, assisted by servants and constables, the bulls were brought into the square.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithbull

bull

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bull rider
He became abullriderat rodeos while he was still a teenager, but at the age of fifteen, he was stricken with polio.
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bull riding
Spurs used inbullridingdo not have a fixed rowel, nor can they be sharpened.
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bull shark
It was found that thebullsharkstayed at the mouth of the river independent of the salinity of the water.
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