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slow or stupid in a way that a cow is thought to be: 迟钝的;蠢笨的
He had a gentle, slightly bovine expression.他表情温和，略显木讷。

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bovine
noun[ C ]
 biology specializeduk /ˈbəʊ.vaɪn/ us /ˈboʊ.vaɪn/
an animal from the cattle group, which includes cows, buffalo, and bison:
The animals in the picture are bovines and they are eating grass.
a herd of horned bovines
The virus can cause brain disease in humans and bovines.
The county has just under 40,000 bovines, porcines and other livestock.
Grass is usually important in the diet of a bovine.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cattle & similar animals
Aberdeen Angus
Africander
Alderney
Angus
Ankole
Charbray
Charolais
Chianina
Corriente
cow
Irish Moiled
jersey
Kerry
Kobe
Limousin
Red Angus
Red Poll
Sahiwal
Salers
Sanga

bovine | American Dictionary

bovine
adjective
us/ˈboʊ·vɑɪn/
connected with cows, or like a cow because of being slow or stupid

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bovine
Towards evaluating the economic impact of bovine neosporosis.
Invited review: formation of keratins in the bovine claw : roles of hormones, minerals and vitamins in functional claw integrity.
Fetal calf serum (10%) was substituted by 3 mg/ml bovine serum albumin in serum-free medium.
A patch-clamp study of bovine chromaffin cells and of their sensitivity to acetylcholine.
Oogenetic and zygotic gene expression directing early bovine embryogenesis: a review.
After maturation culture, other oocytes were inseminated with bovine spermatozoa.
Dynamics of meiosis and protein kinase activities in bovine oocytes correlated to prolactin treatment and follicle size.
Reprogramming of bovine somatic cell nuclei is not directly regulated by maturation promoting factor or mitogen-activated protein kinase activity.
In vitro production of bovine embryos: developmental competence is acquired before maturation.
Calves born after open pulled straw vitrification of immature bovine oocytes.
Characterization of bovine follicular oocytes and their ability to mature in vitro.
Identification of differentially regulated genes in bovine blastocysts using an annealing control primer system.
Degeneration of cryopreserved bovine oocytes via apoptosis during subsequent culture.
Premature capacitation of bovine spermatozoa is initiated by cryopreservation.
Effects of cooling and rewarming on the meiotic spindle and chromosomes of in vitro matured bovine oocytes.
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