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词汇 beef
释义 beef
noun
uk /biːf/ us /biːf/

beefnoun (MEAT)


B1[ U ]
the flesh of cattle (= cows), eaten as food: 牛肉
The spaghetti sauce is made with minced (USground) beef.这种意大利面的调味汁是用牛肉末做成的。
People in England often have roast beef and Yorkshire pudding for lunch on Sundays.英格兰人星期天午餐常吃烤牛肉和约克郡布丁。
He is a beef cattle farmer.他专门饲养菜牛。
Pour the marinade over the beef and leave it for 24 hours.在牛肉上浇些腌泡汁,腌上24小时。
Would you like another slice of beef?
I like the sound of the beef in red wine sauce.我喜欢牛肉浇红酒汁的感觉。
I'm wondering whether to have the fish or the beef.我正在考虑是吃鱼还是吃牛肉。
My fish was delicious but Charles' beef had almost no flavour.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Kinds of meat
back bacon
bacon
biltong
broiler
burnt ends
filet mignon
fryer
gammon
guinea fowl
guinea hen
Parma ham
partridge
pastrami
pheasant
porchetta
turkey
veal
venison
Virginia ham
Wagyu

beefnoun (COMPLAINT)


[ C ]informal
a complaint: (同 complaint)
My main beef about the job is that I have to work on Saturdays.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 at someoneidiom
bellyaching
bemoan
bewail
brouhaha
bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
carping
clamour
grizzle
make noisesidiom
mutter
nag
pardon
peep
remonstrate
representation
start on at someone
unreported
vituperation
whiner

beefnoun (FORCE)


[ U ]mainly UKinformal
strength, power, or force: 力量,力气
He said that the newly published government report didn't have much beef in it.他称新发布的政府报告没什么力度。
Push harder! 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
grunt
intensity
invincibility
invulnerability
juggernaut
keenness
kick-ass
resilient
richness
ripely
robustness
stridency
vigour
virulence
vividness
beef
verb[ I ]
 informaluk /biːf/ us /biːf/
to complain: 抱怨;大惊小怪
He was beefing about having to do the shopping.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 at someoneidiom
bellyaching
bemoan
bewail
brouhaha
bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
carping
clamour
grizzle
make noisesidiom
mutter
nag
pardon
peep
remonstrate
representation
start on at someone
unreported
vituperation
whiner

Phrasal verb


beef something up

beef | American Dictionary


beef
noun
us/bif/

beefnoun (MEAT)


[ U ]
the flesh of cattle eaten as meat:
a roast beef sandwich

beefnoun (COMPLAINT)


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

beefverb[I] (COMPLAIN)


to complain:
Stop beefing about having to work late – you’re not the only one.

Phrasal verb


beef up something

Examples of beef


beef
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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Collocations withbeef


beef

These are words often used in combination with beef.

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