buffalo

英 [ˈbʌfələʊ]

美 [ˈbʌfəloʊ]

n.  水牛(分非洲水牛和亚洲水牛两种)

复数：buffalos　现在分词：buffaloing　过去式：buffaloed　第三人称单数：buffalos　过去分词：buffaloed　

CET6IELTSTEM8机械

Collins.1 / BNC.16088 / COCA.6081

牛津词典

noun

• 水牛（分非洲水牛和亚洲水牛两种）
  a large animal of the cow family. There are two types of buffalo , the African and the Asian, which has wide, curved horns.
• 水牛（分非洲水牛和亚洲水牛两种）
  a large animal of the cow family. There are two types of buffalo , the African and the Asian, which has wide, curved horns.

柯林斯词典

• 水牛；野牛
  Abuffalois a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
• 同 water buffalo
  Abuffalois the same as awater buffalo.
• 同bison
  Abuffalois the same as abison.

英英释义

noun

• any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo
  Synonym:Old World buffalo
• large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
  Synonym:American bisonAmerican buffaloBison bison
• meat from an American bison

verb

• intimidate or overawe

双语例句

• Farmers and loggers have cleared many of the trees, and hunters have eliminated many mammals, like elephants and buffalo.
  农民和樵夫已经砍伐了大量的树木，猎人也消灭了许多的哺乳动物，例如大象和水牛。
• Relating to or resembling a buffalo.
  关于或类似于野牛的。
• Indians hunted the prairie for buffalo.
  印第安人在北美大草原上捕猎野牛。
• There wasn't enough grass for cattle and buffalo.
  但这里没有足够的草供给家牛和野牛。
• Mandalas were originally made from Buffalo hides, Eagle feathers, and wild animal furs.
  曼荼罗最初以水牛皮、鹰的羽毛和野生动物毛皮做成。
• He called us the buffalo nation.
  他称我们为野牛民族。
• In her system to kill a small water buffalo.
  足以杀死一头小水牛了。
• We could stay with my grandparents in Rochester and Buffalo.
  在罗切斯特和布法罗我们可以在我祖父母家借宿。
• Once there were 70 million buffalo on the plains.
  北美大平原上曾有过7,000万头野牛。
• They thought their cattle were more important than the buffalo.
  因为他们认为家牛比野牛更重要。