bovine
bovine 英 [ˈbəʊvaɪn] 美 [ˈboʊvaɪn]
adj. 牛的；似牛的；迟钝的 n. 牛科动物
名词复数:bovines
- If something is bovine, it has to do with cows or cattle, or it reminds you of the slow and seemingly unintelligent ways of cows and cattle. Someone's glacial pace and dull comments might contribute to his thoroughly bovine impression.
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- adj. 牛的；似牛的；迟钝的
- n. 牛科动物
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1. The latest suggestion, though, is probably the most bizarre of the lot: bovine serum albumin, a protein found in cows’ blood.
然而，最新的建议可能是所有选择中最古怪的：牛血清白蛋白，一种在牛的血液中发现的蛋白质。
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2. Different strains of TB collected from wildlife, cattle and people will be analysed to determine the rate of animal to human transmission of bovine TB.
他们将分析从野生动物、牛和人身上收集到的不同类型的结核病菌株，从而确定牛结核病从动物到人的传染率。
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3. "With the health problems relating to HIV/AIDS and human TB, bovine TB is inevitably assigned an extremely low priority," she says.
她说：“由于艾滋病和人结核病引起的健康问题，牛结核病不可避免地只得到了优先级很低的关注。”
- bovine (adj.) 1817, "of or like oxen," from French bovin (14c.), from Late Latin bovinus, from Latin bos (genitive bovis) "cow," originally "ox," "a loan word from a rural dialect" [Buck, who cites Umbrian bue], from PIE root *gwou- "ox, bull, cow." Figurative sense of "inert and stupid" is from 1855.
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