- 1牛的；(形容人，略帶貶意)遲鈍的、呆滯的
Bovine describes anything related to cows or cattle — 'bovine diseases' are diseases that affect cows. It's a mostly scientific or formal word; in everyday speech people just say 'cow' or 'cattle.' It's also sometimes used, a little , to describe a person who seems slow, calm, or not very alert — like comparing them to a cow standing in a field.
組成from Latin 'bos/bov-,' meaning ox or cow
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
bovineadj/ˈbəʊ.vaɪn/
- 1
Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle, buffaloes, or bison.
- 2
Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle, buffaloes, or bison.
- 3
Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
- They had been selected and arranged with a dull, bovine indifference to any meaning that any of them might have.
- For reasons which are really a matter for a trainee psychoanalyst, who plays James Bond is a big thing for Spencer. To this end, he has unleashed a series of thoughts so bovine that I’ll just give you one for a little flavour.
bovinenoun/ˈbəʊ.vaɪn/
- 1
An animal of a family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.
- 2
An animal of a family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.
- Near-synonyms: cattle beast, cattlebeast, cow
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