ox

英 [ɒks] 美[ɑks]

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近义词duffer stumblebum oaf dolt gawk lubber clodhopper slouch lout

反义词

n. 牛；公牛

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中文词源

ox 公牛

来自古英语oxa,公牛。其复数为oxen,比较children.

词态变化

复数: oxen;

英文词源

ox: ox: [OE] Ox is an ancient word, traceable back to a prehistoric Indo-European *uksín-. This also produced Welsh ych ‘bull’, Irish oss ‘stag’, and Sanskrit ukshán ‘bull’, and it has been speculated that there may be some connection with Sanskrit uks- ‘emit semen’ and Greek hugrós ‘moist’, as if *uksín- denoted etymologically ‘male animal’.

If this was so, the ‘seed-bearing’ function had clearly been lost sight of by the time it had evolved to Germanic *okhson, which was reserved for a ‘castrated bull’. Ox’s modern Germanic relatives are German ochse (taken over by English in the compound aurochs ‘extinct wild ox’ [18], which etymologically means ‘original or primeval ox’), Dutch os, Swedish oxe, and Danish okse.
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ox (n.): Old English oxa "ox" (plural oxan), from Proto-Germanic *ukhson (cognates: Old Norse oxi, Old Frisian oxa, Middle Dutch osse, Old Saxon, Old High German ohso, German Ochse, Gothic auhsa), from PIE *uks-en- "male animal," (cognates: Welsh ych "ox," Middle Irish oss "stag," Sanskrit uksa, Avestan uxshan- "ox, bull"), said to be from root *uks- "to sprinkle," related to *ugw- "wet, moist." The animal word, then, is literally "besprinkler."

双语例句

1. Seize a horse by the mane, and lead an ox by the nose.: 马儿抓鬃牛牵鼻.

2. The ox is never woe , till he to the harrow go.: 牛不耙地不知苦.

3. I'm willing to be an ox serving the country all my life.: 我甘当孺子牛,终生为国家服务.

4. We've made a fire fit to roast an ox.: 火生得很旺,足以烤一头牛了.

5. He drove the ox hard.: 他使劲地赶牛.

英英释意

1. an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus

2. any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos

实用场景例句

It's not to be expected that an ox and an ass should worship at the crib.: 一头牛和一头驴子竟在畜圈里做起礼拜来,这是意想不到的.

I'm very hungry, and I can now stow away an ox.: 我真是饿极了, 现在我可以把一头牛吞下肚.

Seize a horse by the mane, and lead an ox by the nose.: 马儿抓鬃牛牵鼻.

Horse ox sheep, chicken dog Shi.: 马牛羊, 鸡犬豕.

At that time, taxes and levies were as many as the hairs on an ox.: 那时, 苛捐杂税多如牛毛.

We must lead an ox by the halter.: 牵牛要牵牛鼻子.

Pasturage breed aquatics basically has pig, ox, sheep and fowl.: 畜牧养殖主要有猪、牛、羊和家禽.

The ox when weariest treads surest.: 牛困走得稳.

Wash ox bone marrow and cut into sections. Scald.: 牛骨髓洗净切成段, 飞水待用.

He drove the ox hard.: 他使劲地赶牛.

An ox is taken by the horns, and the man by the tongue.: 牛因有脚而被抓, 人因有舌而遭殃.

The ox kills well.: 牛的出肉率很高.

The ox eats the grass on the lawn.: 牛在草坪上吃草.

An old ox makes a straight furrow.: 老将出马,一个顶俩.

Through the ages ox can be found as subject matters on paintings, ceramics, or carvings.: 其后,以牛为题材的艺术作品见于不同的媒介,如绘画、陶瓷、雕刻等.

The ox has stepped out one path of going to the side in river.: 牛踩出了一条到河边去的小路.

We've made a fire fit to roast an ox.: 火生得很旺,足以烤一头牛了.

She is one year younger than I am; she was born in the year of the ox.: 她比我小一岁, 是属牛的.

You cannot flay the same ox twice.: 一头牛不能剥两次皮.

He is as strong as an ox.: 他体壮如牛.

Taking a glance at the stone, you will see that it is just like a crouched ox.: 蓦然看去,这石头像一头卧牛.

The ox is never woe , till he to the harrow go.: 牛不耙地不知苦.

The startled ox dashed about in all directions in the fields.: 那头牛受惊了,在田地里四处奔突.

The bronze ox heads are the important sacrificial offerings of the ancient Dian Kingdom.: 牛头青铜器是古代滇国的重要祭祀用品.

We all call him Iron Ox.: 我们都称他“铁牛”.

If the ox falls , whet your knife.: 墙倒众人推.

I'm willing to be an ox serving the country all my life.: 我甘当孺子牛,终生为国家服务.

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