| 词汇 | cud |
| 释义 | cud noun[ U ] uk /kʌd/ us /kʌd/ food that has been eaten by an animal with more than one stomach, such as a cow, and that comes back into the animal's mouth to be chewed again before going into the second stomach: 反刍的食物 UKa cow chewing the cud反刍的奶牛 USa cow chewing cud反刍的奶牛 Animal food alfalfa bird feeder birdseed buckwheat cattle cake chaff feedstock fodder forage hay haylage herbage manger oats pasture pigswill rye salt lick slop trough Idiomschew the cud chew your cud Examples of cudcud As horses do not chew the cud, many seeds pass more or less intact though the digestive tract. I want to chew the cud a little because there is a fair amount of cud to chew. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The ruminants—cattle, sheep—chew the cud and must lie down and digest their food, and then they are happy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The facts are obvious: if for the sake of sheer greed we want to turn a cud-chewing animal into a feeder on carrion, then we have got it all wrong. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We would sit and chew the cud. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A cud is a variation of a die defect in which the coin bears a raised portion of metal. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He can chew the cud (has wisdom) but does not have cleft hooves (have both spiritual and temporal authorities). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The giraffe has both split hooves and chews its cud, characteristics of animals considered kosher. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This type of reingestion to obtain more nutrients is similar to the chewing of cud in cattle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The solids lump together to form a bolus (also known as the cud), this is regurgitated by reticular contractions while the glottis is closed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This is safer than grazing, which requires lowering the head thus leaving the animal vulnerable to predators, while cud chewing does not. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Consumption by ruminants of an insufficiently fibrous diet leads to little cud formation and therefore lowered amounts of saliva production. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A very minuscule cud can look like a small chunk of metal that was somehow fused to the coin. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Giraffes chew on these lumps, called cud, throughout the day, helping to further break the food down. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. All these are ruminants, meaning they chew the cud, and have four-chambered stomachs which play a vital role in digesting, regurgitating, and redigesting their food. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of cud 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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