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bull1 /bʊl/ ●●○ noun  1  male cow 公牛HBATA [countable] an adult male animal of the cattle family 公牛 a herd of cows with one bull 一群母牛加一头公牛2. male animal 雄性动物HBA [countable] the male of some other large animals such as the elephant or whale 〔象、鲸等大型动物的〕雄性动物3  take the bull by the horns DEAL WITHto bravely or confidently deal with a difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant problem 挺身面对困难 Nora decided to take the bull by the horns and organize things for herself. 诺拉决定迎难而上，自己来安排事情。4  nonsense 废话 [uncountable]UNTRUE informal nonsense or something that is completely untrue 胡说 SYN rubbish What a load of bull! 真是胡说八道！5. like a bull in a china shop CLUMSYif you are like a bull in a china shop, you keep knocking things over, dropping things, breaking things etc 笨手笨脚，莽撞冒失6. like a bull at a gate HURRYif you move somewhere like a bull at a gate, you move there very fast, ignoring everything in your way 鲁莽地；凶猛地7. religion 宗教RRC [countable] an official statement from the Pope 教皇训谕[诏书]8. centre 中心DSO [countable] (also bullseye) the centre of a target that you are shooting at 靶心9. business 商业 [countable] technicalBFS someone who buys shares because they expect prices to rise 多头；股市看涨的人 → bear → bull market → cock and bull story at cock1(4), → like a red rag to a bull at red1(5), → shoot the bull at shoot1(13)

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bull• Myrcan sympathy, like milk from a bull.• I charged in like a bull.• With the right company, certainly the stock should hit new highs with the next bull market.• Put another way, if Karelin were in Pamplona, the bulls would run away from him. 6.• It didn't take Lowell long to realise that the bull hadn't unearthed any pieces of urn.• The bull was under the protection of a court order.bull2 interjection  UNTRUEused to say that you do not believe or agree with what someone has said 废话，胡说 Bull! Where did you get that idea? 胡扯！ 你怎么会有那种想法？

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bull• Bull! You could have come if you really wanted to.From Longman Business Dictionarybullbull /bʊl/ noun [countable]FINANCE1someone who thinks that prices of shares, bonds, currencies, etc are going to rise, and who will therefore keep and buy investmentsBulls predict the Dow Jones will go beyond 13,000.A growing group of dollar bulls (=people who think the price of the dollar is going to rise) has kept the dollar on a firm footing. → compare bear2a bull marketOrigin bull1 1. Old English bula2. (1900-2000) bullshit3. (1200-1300) Medieval Latin bulla bull2 (1900-2000) → BULL12

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bull¹ /bʊl/ noun
1.  MALE COW  [countable] an adult male animal of the cattle family:
    a herd of cows with one bull
2.  MALE ANIMAL  [countable] the male of some other large animals such as the elephant or whale
3. take the bull by the horns to bravely or confidently deal with a difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant problem:
    Nora decided to take the bull by the horns and organize things for herself.
4.  NONSENSE  [uncountable] informal nonsense or something that is completely untrue
   SYN  rubbish:
    What a load of bull__
5. like a bull in a china shop if you are like a bull in a china shop, you keep knocking things over, dropping things, breaking things etc
6. like a bull at a gate if you move somewhere like a bull at a gate, you move there very fast, ignoring everything in your way
7.  RELIGION  [countable] an official statement from the Pope
8.  CENTRE  [countable] (also bullseye) the centre of a target that you are shooting at
9.  BUSINESS  [countable] technical someone who buys shares because they expect prices to rise ⇨ bear ⇨ BULL MARKET,
⇨ cock and bull story at cock¹(4), ⇨ like a red rag to a bull at red¹(5), ⇨ shoot the bull at shoot¹(13)

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bull² interjectionused to say that you do not believe or agree with what someone has said:
    Bull! Where did you get that idea?

bullBrE /bʊl/ 🔊NAmE /bʊl/ 🔊 noun [countable] the male of any animal in the cow family 公牛◆a bull neck (= a short thick neck like a bull's) （公牛般的）短粗脖子  ➡  compare bullock, cow noun (1) , ox, steer noun (2) [countable] the male of the elephant, whale and some other large animals 雄的（象、鲸等）大动物  ➡  compare cow noun (2) [countable] (finance 金融) a person who buys shares in a company, hoping to sell them soon afterwards at a higher price （预期证券价格上升的）买空者，多头  ➡  compare bear noun (2) [countable] an official order or statement from the Pope (= the head of the Roman Catholic Church) 教皇诏书；教皇训谕◆a papal bull教皇训谕 [uncountable] (slang) = bullshit ◆That's a load of bull! 那是胡说八道！🔊🔊 [countable] = bullseye  ➡  see also cock and bull story ●a bull in a ˈchina shopa person who is careless, or who moves or acts in a rough or awkward way, in a place or situation where skill and care are needed （不顾环境）笨拙莽撞的人，冒失鬼●take the bull by the ˈhornsto face a difficult or dangerous situation directly and with courage 勇敢面对困境（或险境）●shoot the ˈbreeze/ˈbull(NAmE, informal) to have a conversation in an informal way 聊天；闲聊 SYN chat ◆We sat around in the bar, shooting the breeze. 我们闲坐在酒吧里聊天。🔊🔊●like waving a red flag in front of a ˈbull(US) (BrE a red rag to a ˈbull) something that is likely to make sb very angry 斗牛的红布；激起人怒火的事物