"beeves" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 牛隻（舊用語）

Definition

「Beeves」是「beef」的舊式複數形式，指供肉用的牛隻。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

「Beeves」只用於舊英文或歷史文獻，現代英語不用。日常以「cattle」或「oxen」來表達。

Examples

The farmer counted twelve beeves in his pasture.

農夫在他的牧場裡數了十二頭**牛隻**。

In old books, you may see the word beeves for cattle.

在舊書中，你可能會看到**牛隻**用來指牛羣。

Three beeves were sold at the market.

有三頭**牛隻**在市場上被賣掉了。

The ranchers used to drive their beeves to town every spring.

牧場主過去每年春天都會趕**牛隻**到鎮上。

She read aloud from a novel, stumbling over odd words like beeves.

她大聲朗讀小說時，碰到像“**牛隻**”這樣古怪的詞語時會停頓。

Nobody uses beeves anymore, but you might find it in Shakespeare.

現在沒有人再用「**牛隻**」這個詞了，但你或許會在莎士比亞的作品中看到。