calve

动词 v.
中文释义
美 /kæv/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To give birth to a calf. intransitive
    — The farmer could tell Bessie was about to calve.
  2. To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf. intransitive
    — The farmer calved Bessie for almost two hours.
  3. To give birth to (a calf). transitive
  4. To shed a large piece. especially,figuratively,intransitive
    — The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched.
  5. To break off. especially,figuratively,intransitive
    — The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.
  6. To shed (a large piece); to set loose (a mass of ice). especially,figuratively,transitive
    — The glacier was starting to calve an iceberg even as we watched.

词形变化

calves present,singular,third-person calving participle,present calved participle,past calved past

词汇关系

衍生词
calver down-calver
相关词
calf calves

词源

From Middle English calven, from Old English *calfian, cealfian, from Proto-West Germanic *kalbōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalbōną (“to calve”), from *kalbaz (“calf”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian koolvje, Dutch kalven, German Low German kalven, German kalben, Swedish kalva, Icelandic kálfa.
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