BSE

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BSE /ˌbiː es ˈiː/ noun [uncountable]  MIHBA (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) a serious brain disease that affects cows 牛海绵状脑病，疯牛病 SYN mad cow disease

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BSE• The developer wants to deal only with animal carcasses, such as those affected by BSE.• The outbreak will impose further hardships on an industry badly hit by BSE in cattle and plummeting livestock prices.• However BSE manage to bridge such obstacles with style, ease and flair.• In a few years the number of BSE infected cattle is expected to drastically fall.• He says BSE is a worry, though there are few cases relative to herd sizes.• Far from the BSE scourge easing, exactly the contrary is happening.Origin BSE (1900-2000) bovine spongiform encephalopathy

BSE nounChinese  

that a brain affects serious cows Corpus disease

BSE
BSE /ˌbiː es ˈiː/ noun [uncountable](bovine spongiform encephalopathy) a serious brain disease that affects cows
   SYN  mad cow disease

BSEBrE /ˌbiː es ˈiː/ 🔊NAmE /ˌbiː es ˈiː/ 🔊 (also informal ˌmad ˈcow disease) noun [uncountable] the abbreviation for 'bovine spongiform encephalopathy' (a brain disease of cows that causes death) 牛海绵状脑病，疯牛病（全写为 bovine spongiform encephalopathy，导致牛死亡的脑病）