dairy/beef cattle• Grass was the maincrop with sheep, dairy and beef cattle providing the animal enterprises which utilised the grass.• The Western world provides a willing market for forestproducts, particularly hardwoods and beef cattle.• Kale Kale is grown for feeding dairy cattle.• These areas are predominantly used to rearhardybeef cattle and sheep which are sold in the autumn to be finished elsewhere.• So what you get in cattle like beef cattle you get an extraframescore in adulthood having the whole thing.• There is much permanent grass and more dairy cattle than in other parts of East Anglia.• A prize of nearly £2,000 for top dairy cattle has encouraged a hugeentry of 777 animals, buckingdownwardnationaltrends.
Origincattle
(1200-1300)Old North Frenchcatel“personal property”, from Latincapitalis; → CAPITAL2
ADJECTIVE | ... OF CATTLE | VERB + CATTLE | CATTLE + VERB | CATTLE + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤beef, dairy菜牛;奶牛▸➤Highland, longhorn, shorthorn高地牛;長角牛;短角牛▸➤native本地牛▸➤wild野牛➤domestic家養牛➤live活牛... OF CATTLE➤head一頭牛◇5 000 head of cattle died of the disease in one month.1 個月內有 5,000 頭牛死於這種疾病。➤herd一群牛VERB + CATTLE➤keep, raise, rear (especially BrE) 養牛▸➤breed繁育牛▸➤tend看管牛▸➤graze放牛吃草◇Villagers traditionally have the right to graze their cattle on the common land.按慣例村民可以在公用地上放牛。➤drive, herd, move, round up驅趕牛;把牛趕到一起◇He moved his cattle farther down into the valley in winter.冬天他把牛趕到山谷中更遠的地方。➤kill, slaughter殺牛;屠宰牛▸➤rustle, steal搶劫牛;偷牛CATTLE + VERB➤graze牛吃草◇cattle grazing in the fields正在牧場吃草的牛CATTLE + NOUN➤auction, market牛隻拍賣;牛市場▸➤breeding, production, ranching, rearing牛的繁育/生產/放牧/飼養➤industry養牛業➤drive (NAmE) 趕牛▸➤baron (NAmE, old-fashioned) , breeder, dealer, farmer, herder, producer, rancher (NAmE) 養牛大亨;養牛人;牛販子;養牛的農場主;放牛人;飼養牛的人;養牛的牧場主➤rustler盜牛賊▸➤farm, ranch養牛的農場/牧場➤herd牛群▸➤feed, food牛飼料▸➤grid, guard (NAmE) 牛柵欄;牛護欄◇There was a cattle grid / guard across the road.路那邊有個牛柵欄以防牛兒跑掉。➤prod趕牛刺棒◇Electric cattle prods were used against the demonstrators.當局用趕牛電棒來對付示威者。➤car, truck載牛車廂/卡車➤country (NAmE) 養牛的鄉村PHRASES➤a breed of cattle某一品種的牛