bull

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英[bʊl]
美[bʊl]

基本释义

n.
公牛; 雄性动物; (预期证券价格上升的)买空者; 教皇诏书; 胡说

词性变化

实用例句

a papal bull

教皇训谕

牛津词典

That's a load of bull!

那是胡说八道!

牛津词典

a bull neck (= a short thick neck like a bull's )

(公牛般的)短粗脖子

牛津词典

...a massive bull elephant with huge tusks.

一头体形庞大、长着巨大象牙的雄象

I think it's a load of bull...

我认为那是胡说八道。

The press couldn't deal with that so they made up all this bull.

新闻媒体无法应对此事,因此他们就编造了这通谎言。

Still, it'll stop him rampaging all over the place like a bull in a china shop.

尽管如此,这将会让他不再像个冒失鬼一样到处横冲直撞了。

Now is the time for the Chancellor to take the bull by the horns and announce a two per cent cut in interest rates.

现在是财政大臣迎难而上,宣布利率下调两个百分点的时候了。

Good standing takes users easy; price makes users gratified and excellent after - sales service reassures users.

产品信誉让用户放心, 价格让您称心,售后服务让您安心.

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We can see through all that bull.

我们能识破那套胡诌.

《简明英汉词典》

Don't listen to his cock and bull story.

别听他那荒诞的故事.

《简明英汉词典》

The tramp told a cock and bull story about finding the money hidden in a bottle behind a tree in the park.

流浪汉编了一个荒诞的故事,说他在公园的一棵树的后面发现了藏在瓶子里面的钱.

《简明英汉词典》

Take it gently; why must you go at everything like a bull at a gate?

处事从容不迫些, 你为什么做每件事都这么鲁莽 呢 ?

《简明英汉词典》

The teacher warned the boy that if he heard any more of his cock and bull story , he would be severely punished.

老师警告那个男孩说,如果他再听到他胡说八道, 他将受到严惩.

《简明英汉词典》

The bull tossed the matador.

公牛用角把斗牛士挑起后抛入空中.

《简明英汉词典》

This bull gores people.

这牛爱顶人.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He's like a bull in a china shop , always knocking things over.

他笨手笨脚, 总是撞倒东西.

《简明英汉词典》

The jury did not believe the witness'cock and bull story.

陪审团不相信证人的无稽之谈.

《简明英汉词典》

The bull gored the farmer to death.

公牛用角把农夫抵死了.

《简明英汉词典》

When the bull got close to him, he clumsily stepped aside to let it pass.

当公牛接近了他时, 他笨拙地向一旁一闪,把公牛让了过去.

《用法词典》

Come in and bull a while.

进来随便谈一会儿吧.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Many dogs closed around the bull.

很多狗渐渐地把那只牛围了起来.

《简明英汉词典》

He was a great bull of a man.

他是一个体壮如牛的人.

《简明英汉词典》

This is a bull.

这是一头公牛.

《简明英汉词典》

Get along with you. It's a cock and bull story.

去你的, 这是无稽之谈.

《简明英汉词典》

Apparently sensitive to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drunk.

那公牛显然对批评话是敏感的, 所以它把斗牛士全忘记了,向那醉汉冲了过去.

《用法词典》

真题例句

The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damien hirst, "Beautiful Inside My Head Forever", at Sotheby's in London on September 1'th 2008.

2010年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle

  • 2. a large and strong and heavyset man;

    "he was a bull of a man"

    "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got"

  • 3. obscene words for unacceptable behavior;

    "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"

    "what he said was mostly bull"

  • 4. a serious and ludicrous blunder;

    "he made a bad bull of the assignment"

  • 5. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

  • 6. an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later

  • 7. the center of a target

  • 8. a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)

  • 9. mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle

Verb
  • 1. push or force;

    "He bulled through his demands"

  • 2. try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying

  • 3. talk through one's hat;

    "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"

  • 4. advance in price;

    "stocks were bulling"

同义词辨析

ox, bull, cow, buffalo

这些名词均有"牛"之意。

  • ox: 泛指野生或驯养的牛类,系动物学的用词,通称,也指公牛。
  • bull: 指未经阉割,通常用于配种的公牛,也指西班牙或美洲经专门饲料用作斗牛表演的公牛。引申指彪形大汉。
  • cow: 指任何品种的成年母牛或乳用的乳牛。
  • buffalo: 指水牛,在美国指野牛。

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