| [/biːf; bif/] n 用法:
1 (a) [U] flesh of an ox, a bull or a cow, used as meat （食用）牛肉:
[attrib 作定语] beef cattle, ie those bred and reared for their meat 菜牛（饲养以供肉食的牛）.
(b) [C] (pl beeves[/biːvz; bivz/]) ox, etc bred for meat 菜牛. 用法:
2 [U] (infml) muscular strength 体力:
He's got plenty of beef. 他力气很大. 用法:
3 [C] (pl beefs) (sl 俚) grumble; complaint 怨言; 牢骚. beef 2
v (sl 俚) 用法:
1 [I, Ipr] ~ (about sth/sb) grumble; complain 抱怨; 发牢骚:
What are you beefing about now? 你在发甚麽牢骚? 用法:
2 (phr v) beef sth up (infml esp US) add force or weight to sth 加强; 加重:
The new evidence beefed up their case. 有了新的证据, 他们的理由更充足了. |