calve

Các nghĩa

1. đẻ bê

   To give birth to a calf.

   intransitive

   The farmer could tell Bessie was about to calve.

2. đỡ đẻ cho bò

   To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.

   intransitive

   The farmer calved Bessie for almost two hours.

3. sinh bê

   To give birth to (a calf).

   transitive

4. rụng mảng lớn

   To shed a large piece.

   especially · figuratively · intransitive

   The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched.

5. vỡ ra

   To break off.

   especially · figuratively · intransitive

   The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.

6. làm rụng mảng lớn; giải phóng khối băng

   To shed (a large piece); to set loose (a mass of ice).

   especially · figuratively · transitive

   The glacier was starting to calve an iceberg even as we watched.

Dạng khác

• calves present, singular, third-person
• calving participle, present
• calved participle, past

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