词汇 | bullock |
释义 | bullock noun[ C ] uk /ˈbʊl.ək/ us /ˈbʊl.ək/ a young male cow, especially one that has had its testicles removed阉牛,阉过的小公牛 GlobalP/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Names for the male & female of animals billy goat bitch boar boomer buck bull cob cock drake drone ewe gelding mare nanny goat sow stag stallion steer tigress tom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cattle & similar animals At last the bullocks are sold to a dealer. One poor bullock laid down by the way and we were obliged to leave it. The other end of the rope is fastened to the necks of a pair of bullocks. There are some peasants, with three bullocks, coming down the valley, and there are four armed horsemen riding behind them. We unloaded our bullocks: but, having watered our horses, we found that the supply of the well was not even sufficient for them, and that it was filling very slowly. Examples of bullockbullock If so, then 28 per bullock would be a reasonable load. At 1930 prices, bullock carts worked out much cheaper than motor lorries, both in terms of initial and recurring costs. The bullocks and the officers' private stock would not have been considered part of the normal ships' provisions. On the other hand, the price elasticities for bullocks are negative. The land of bullock-carts, or steam trains, is beginning to be seen as a land of automobiles, or jet planes. Faeces without parasite eggs were collected from noninfected bullocks housed at the same facility. Even if the harvest was complete, preparation of the land for sowing the wheat could take up to three weeks using bullock-drawn implements. Today, matters are very different since the cattle are butchered on the spot, loaded onto bullock carts and sent off to market. Since animal traction is a third important input besides labour and fertilisers, we incorporate bullock hiring prices and a dummy for bullock ownership to account for possible hiring restrictions. Diesel pump sets were mounted on bullock carts to serve several bamboo tubewells. This was impossible for the bullock carts, since the nightsoil would completely putrefy during the journey and it would seriously injure both the driver and the people enroute. Friesian bullocks are fetching only £6 and £7 a hundredweight because no one can afford to feed them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The farmer who sold the bullock did not get very much profit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 According to their decision the bullocks were sold at a certain price. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Look at the return of bullocks that went into the markets last year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. |
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