词汇 | bull |
释义 | bull noun uk /bʊl/ us /bʊl/ bullnoun (ANIMAL)B1[ C ] a male cow, or the male of particular animals such as the elephant or the whale: 公牛;雄象;雄鲸 They did not see the sign by the gate saying "Beware of the bull".他们没有看见门旁边“当心公牛”的警示。 Oliver Strewe/Lonely Planet Images/GettyImages The bull lowered its horns and charged.公牛俯下牛角发动进攻。 The bull tossed him up into the air.公牛把他顶到了半空中。 gored by a bull被公牛顶伤 a prize bull一流的公牛 Don't tell him you're a vegetarian - it's like a red rag to a bull.不要告诉他你是个素食主义者——这会让他极为不快。 Names for the male & female of animals billy goat bitch boar boomer buck bullock cob doe drake drone ewe gelding hind mare sire sow stag stallion steer tigress You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cattle & similar animals bullnoun (FINANCE)[ C ] finance & economics specialized a person who buys shares in companies hoping the price will rise, so that they can be sold later at a profit(预期证券价格上涨的)买空者,多头 Compare bearnoun(FINANCE)specialized Stock markets algo anti-city anti-dilution anti-speculation anti-speculative arbitrageur asset-stripping broker capital investment carpetbagger equity gilt grubstake head fake hedging ICO inconvertible rentier stockbroker belt tender bullnoun (NONSENSE)[ U ]informal complete nonsense or something that is not true: 胡说八道;吹牛 Don't give me that bull about not knowing the time.别跟我说你不知道时间,那纯粹是瞎说。 Nonsense a crock (of shit)idiom babble balderdash balls baloney blah blather blither double-talk doublespeak drivel eyewash flapdoodle malarkey moonshine mumbo jumbo nonsense nonsensical prattle word salad bullnoun (RELIGIOUS STATEMENT)[ C ] religion specialized another word forpapal bull Religious leaders & officials anti-papal apostolic archbishop archbishopric archdeacon clerically confessor curacy curate messiah minister ministry muezzin mullah priestess priestly primate rabbi the Dalai Lama the priesthood You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Rules & laws Idiomslike a bull in a china shop take the bull by the horns bull verb uk /bʊl/ us /bʊl/ [ I+ adv/prep or T ]US to move forward in a forceful, determined way, not allowing other people or things to stop you: bull your wayHis entourage bulled its way through the crowd. bull throughThe ship had to bull through thick pack ice to reach the harbour. She bulled to the finish in time to get the bronze medal. He bulled his way into the end zone for a touchdown. I bulled my way up the slope with my heavy pack. It's been six days since the hurricane bulled ashore. The aircraft had to bull through bumpy weather. Advancing and moving forward advance ballistically beeline come come over come up cruise gain gain on someone/something ghost head lead make towards something/someone proceed progress pull push run skiddy slide You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Moving firmly on foot Strength of will and determination bullverb (CLEAN)[ T ] military UKspecialized to make something, especially a soldier's boots, shine by putting polish(= a cream for cleaning things) on them then rubbing them using a piece of cloth and water: The history of bulling boots can be traced back to the early days of the British Army when soldiers were expected to maintain their own equipment. The soldiers' boots were beautifully bulled. They spend hours just bulling your car. Compare polish Polishing & polishes beeswax buff burnish burnished dubbin finish french-polish polish polish something up polished repolish rosin rub rub something down shine unpolished You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Military training & ceremonies Phrasal verbbull something through bull | American Dictionarybull noun us/bʊl/ bullnoun (ANIMAL)[ C ] the male of various animals, such as cattle: Our herd has two bulls and twenty cows. bullnoun (NONSENSE)[ U ]infml nonsense or a lie: Don’t give me that bull about not getting my message. bull | Business Englishbull noun[ C ] FINANCE, STOCK MARKETuk /bʊl/us someone who expects the price of shares, bonds, currency, etc. to increase, and who buys these investments in order to sell them later for a profit: Bulls believe the US economy is beginning to pick up. Compare bear → bull market Examples of bullbull There are some signs of the rasp on the bull's body, in the folds of the neck and under the eye (photograph 25). Actually, all the dictionaries come close to the essential meaning, though they scatter their definitions like buckshot and don't hit the bull's eye. Seconds later he was on the phone again, bulling into the next prospect. The so-called "bull's eye" images were not estimated because the anatomy of the right ventricle is nonspherical. In some cases, anticlericals painted churches red, heaped religious images on the bonfire and performed liturgical burlesques in which bulls were crowned bishop. The man's beard, his eyelids, the bull's eyelid (photograph 25) and some of the channels in the hair show flat chiseling. In bulls, the efficiency of in vitro fertilization is highly variable amongst individual sires. Faeces were collected from 39 yearling bulls prior to and after treatment with oxytetracycline and from 44 untreated animals. There might be three candidates or so left, bulling into clients. In bulls, there is a positive correlation between spermaster formation at the time of fertilization and the bull's fertility. Our results confirmed a considerable variability amongst the bulls tested in the response rate of spermatozoa to heparin during incubation. Figure 9 shows the contrast between bucrania on the east wall and modelled bulls' head below a splayed figure on the west wall. Like young bulls in the herd some of them had to try their strength against the old patriarch. Markerassisted selection of candidate bulls for progeny testing programmes. After the presentation of the champions, assisted by servants and constables, the bulls were brought into the square. See all examples of bull These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withbullbullThese are words often used in combination with bull. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. bull rider He became a bullrider at rodeos while he was still a teenager, but at the age of fifteen, he was stricken with polio. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. bull riding Spurs used in bullriding do not have a fixed rowel, nor can they be sharpened. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. bull shark It was found that the bullshark stayed at the mouth of the river independent of the salinity of the water. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with bull |
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