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bullock

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Animals
bul·lock /ˈbʊlək/ noun [countable]  HBAa young male cow that cannot breed 小阉牛
Examples from the Corpus
bullockThe 400-500k bullocks sold to £820 and £167.44 per 100k for a 430k Charolais selling at £720.His heart cannoned round his chest like a bullock in a pen.He also noticed several cannons being dragged into the sepoy camp by bullocks from the direction of the bridge of boats.Lightweight bullocks under 400k sold to £592 and £171.72 per 100k for a 290k Simmental selling at £498.They were not even small bullocks.A Smithfield is a leggy type of collie of the sort that bullock drovers used when working cattle half a century ago.Anne Hopper winced as she looked at the remains of the bullock lying on the large wooden worktop in the prison kitchen.
Origin bullock Old English bulluc, from bula; → BULL1
bul·lock nounChineseSyllable
breed cow that Corpus young a male cannot


bullock
bullock /ˈbʊlək/ noun [countable]
 Language: Old English
 Origin: bulluc, from bula; bull1
a young male cow that cannot breed


bul·lockBrE /ˈbʊlək/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbʊlək/ 🔊 nouna young bull that has been castrated (= a male cow) that has been castrated (= had part of its sex organs removed) 阉小公牛   compare ox (1) , steer noun (2)