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calves 音标拼音: [k'ævz] calf的复数形 calf的复数形 Calf \ Calf\, n.; pl. { Calves}. [ OE. calf, kelf, AS. cealf; akin to D. kalf, G. kalb, Icel. k[= a] lfr, Sw. kalf, Dan. kalv, Goth. kalb[= o]; cf. Skr. garbha fetus, young, Gr. ?????, Skr grabh to seize, conceive, Ir. colpa, colpach, a calf. [ root] 222.] 1. The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light- colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf. [ 1913 Webster] 3. An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] Some silly, doting, brainless calf. -- Drayton. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man. [ 1913 Webster] 5. A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface. -- Kane. [ 1913 Webster] 6. [ Cf. Icel. k[= a] lfi.] The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee. [ 1913 Webster] { Calf' s- foot jelly}, jelly made from the feet of calves. The gelatinous matter of the feet is extracted by boiling, and is flavored with sugar, essences, etc. [ 1913 Webster]
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