calver

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɑːvə/    美 /ˈkævɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cow that produces young.
动词 v.
  1. To cut into slices and pickle. obsolete,transitive
    — My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […]
  2. To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered. intransitive,obsolete
    — [A Grayling's] flesh will so easily calver that […][it] is very good meat at all times.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of salmon: freshly caught.
    — calver salmon

词形变化

calvers plural calvers present,singular,third-person calvering participle,present calvered participle,past calvered past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English calve
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English calver
From calve + -er.
词源 2
As the adjective predates the verb, possibly from Middle English calver (“interspersed with flakes”), from Old English calwer. Cognate with Scots caller.
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