English Dictionary

cattle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkæt(ə)l/

名詞

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Domesticated bovine animals (cows, bulls, steers etc). / Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses.

日本語の意味

家畜として飼育されるウシ類（牛、牡牛、去勢牛など）を指す。 / 文脈により、羊、豚、馬など他の家畜も含む場合がある。

The rancher counted the cattle before the storm arrived.

嵐が来る前に、牧場主は牛の群れを数えた。

意味（1）

Domesticated bovine animals (cows, bulls, steers etc).

Do you want to raise cattle?

意味（2）

Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses.

Mr. Jos had hired a pair of horses for his open carriage, with which cattle, and the smart London vehicle, he made a very tolerable figure in the drives about Brussels.

意味（3）

(derogatory, figuratively) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.

I always knew it, but I always denied it, because I'm one of them, and I'm like them. ¶We're just cattle, the Prison Governor said, relieved now.

意味（4）

(obsolete, English law, sometimes countable) chattel

goods and cattle

意味（5）

(uncountable, rare) Used in restricted contexts to refer to the meat derived from cattle.

The temptation of a lone white man was too great for any gathering of myall-natives, and sheep-fat and cattle-steak seemed there for the spearing, so that a stockman always ran the risk of attack, especially if his shepherds interfered with the native women.

cattle （ singular ）