词族 · calve
英语词源
- calve (v.)
- Old English cealfian, from cealf "calf" (see calf (n.1)). Of icebergs, 1837. Related: Calved; calving.
权威例句
- 1. The whales migrate some 6,000 miles to breed and calve in the warm lagoons.
- 鲸会迁移6,000海里左右，到温暖的环礁湖生殖繁衍。
- 2. When his cows calve each year he keeps one or two calves for his family.
- 他的母牛每年产犊时，他都给自家留上一两头。
- 3. Their bulls gender without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.
- 他们的公牛交尾,无不成功; 母牛产子,决无流产.
- 4. The whales calve at this time of year.
- 鲸鱼在每年的这个时候产仔.
- 5. The icebergs and glaciers calve.
- 冰山和冰川在瓦解.