cattle 音标拼音: [k'ætəl]
n . 牛,牲口,畜生
牛,牲口,畜生
cattle n 1 :
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age ; "
so many head of cattle "; "
wait till the cows come home "; "
seven thin and ill -
favored kine "-
Bible ; "
a team of oxen " [
synonym : {
cattle }, {
cows }, {
kine }, {
oxen }, {
Bos taurus }]
Cattle \
Cat "
tle \ (
k [
a ^]
t "
t '
l ),
n .
pl . [
OE .
calet ,
chatel ,
goods ,
property ,
OF .
catel ,
chatel ,
LL .
captale ,
capitale ,
goods ,
property ,
esp .
cattle ,
fr .
L .
capitals relating to the head ,
chief ;
because in early ages beasts constituted the chief part of a man '
s property .
See {
Capital },
and cf . {
Chattel }.]
Quadrupeds of the Bovine family ;
sometimes ,
also ,
including all domestic quadrupeds ,
as sheep ,
goats ,
horses ,
mules ,
asses ,
and swine .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Belted cattle }, {
Black cattle }.
See under {
Belted }, {
Black }.
{
Cattle guard },
a trench under a railroad track and alongside a crossing (
as of a public highway ).
It is intended to prevent cattle from getting upon the track .
{
cattle louse } (
Zool .),
any species of louse infecting cattle .
There are several species .
The {
H [
ae ]
matatopinus eurysternus }
and {
H [
ae ]
matatopinus vituli }
are common species which suck blood ; {
Trichodectes scalaris }
eats the hair .
{
Cattle plague },
the rinderpest ;
called also {
Russian cattle plague }.
{
Cattle range },
or {
Cattle run },
an open space through which cattle may run or range . [
U .
S .] --
Bartlett .
{
Cattle show },
an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes for the encouragement of stock breeding ; --
usually accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and domestic products and of implements .
[
1913 Webster ]
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "
cattle ":
Alderney ,
Animalia ,
Ayrshire ,
Brahman ,
Chiroptera ,
Dexter ,
Durham ,
Dutch Belted ,
Galloway ,
Hereford ,
Holstein ,
Indian buffalo ,
Jersey ,
Lagomorpha ,
Longhorn ,
Polled Hereford ,
Primates ,
Red Poll ,
Red Polled ,
Rodentia ,
Santa Gertrudis ,
Shorthorn ,
Sussex ,
Welsh ,
Welsh Black ,
West Highland ,
and fish ,
animal kingdom ,
animal life ,
animality ,
aurochs ,
beasts ,
beasts of field ,
beasts of prey ,
beef ,
beef cattle ,
beeves ,
big game ,
birds ,
bison ,
bossy ,
bovine ,
bovine animal ,
brute creation ,
buffalo ,
bull ,
bullock ,
calf ,
carabao ,
chaff ,
cow ,
critter ,
dairy cattle ,
dairy cow ,
dogie ,
domestic animals ,
dregs ,
dregs of society ,
fauna ,
furry creatures ,
game ,
heifer ,
hornless cow ,
kine ,
leppy ,
livestock ,
maverick ,
milch cow ,
milcher ,
milk cow ,
milker ,
muley cow ,
muley head ,
musk -
ox ,
neat ,
offscourings ,
offscum ,
ox ,
oxen ,
raff ,
riffraff ,
rubbish ,
scum ,
small game ,
sordes ,
steer ,
stirk ,
stock ,
stot ,
swinish multitude ,
trash ,
vermin ,
wild animals ,
wildlife ,
wisent ,
yak ,
yearling ,
zebu Cattle abounded in the Holy Land .
To the rearing and management of them the inhabitants chiefly devoted themselves (
Deut .
8 :
13 ;
12 :
21 ;
1 Sam .
11 :
5 ;
12 :
3 ;
Ps .
144 :
14 ;
Jer .
3 :
24 ).
They may be classified as ,
(
1 .)
Neat cattle .
Many hundreds of these were yearly consumed in sacrifices or used for food .
The finest herds were found in Bashan ,
beyond Jordan (
Num .
32 :
4 ).
Large herds also pastured on the wide fertile plains of Sharon .
They were yoked to the plough (
1 Kings 19 :
19 ),
and were employed for carrying burdens (
1 Chr .
12 :
40 ).
They were driven with a pointed rod (
Judg .
3 :
31 )
or goad (
q .
v .).
According to the Mosaic law ,
the mouths of cattle employed for the threshing -
floor were not to be muzzled ,
so as to prevent them from eating of the provender over which they trampled (
Deut .
25 :
4 ).
Whosoever stole and sold or slaughtered an ox must give five in satisfaction (
Ex .
22 :
1 );
but if it was found alive in the possession of him who stole it ,
he was required to make double restitution only (
22 :
4 ).
If an ox went astray ,
whoever found it was required to bring it back to its owner (
23 :
4 ;
Deut .
22 :
1 ,
4 ).
An ox and an ass could not be yoked together in the plough (
Deut .
22 :
10 ).
(
2 .)
Small cattle .
Next to herds of neat cattle ,
sheep formed the most important of the possessions of the inhabitants of Palestine (
Gen .
12 :
16 ;
13 :
5 ;
26 :
14 ;
21 :
27 ;
29 :
2 ,
3 ).
They are frequently mentioned among the booty taken in war (
Num .
31 :
32 ;
Josh .
6 :
21 ;
1 Sam .
14 :
32 ;
15 :
3 ).
There were many who were owners of large flocks (
1 Sam .
25 :
2 ;
2 Sam .
12 :
2 ,
comp .
Job 1 :
3 ).
Kings also had shepherds "
over their flocks " (
1 Chr .
27 :
31 ),
from which they derived a large portion of their revenue (
2 Sam .
17 :
29 ;
1 Chr .
12 :
40 ).
The districts most famous for their flocks of sheep were the plain of Sharon (
Isa .
65 :
10 ),
Mount Carmel (
Micah 7 :
14 ),
Bashan and Gilead (
Micah 7 :
14 ).
In patriarchal times the flocks of sheep were sometimes tended by the daughters of the owners .
Thus Rachel ,
the daughter of Laban ,
kept her father '
s sheep (
Gen .
29 :
9 );
as also Zipporah and her six sisters had charge of their father Jethro '
s flocks (
Ex .
2 :
16 ).
Sometimes they were kept by hired shepherds (
John 10 :
12 ),
and sometimes by the sons of the family (
1 Sam .
16 :
11 ;
17 :
15 ).
The keepers so familiarized their sheep with their voices that they knew them ,
and followed them at their call .
Sheep ,
but more especially rams and lambs ,
were frequently offered in sacrifice .
The shearing of sheep was a great festive occasion (
1 Sam .
25 :
4 ;
2 Sam .
13 :
23 ).
They were folded at night ,
and guarded by their keepers against the attacks of the lion (
Micah 5 :
8 ),
the bear (
1 Sam .
17 :
34 ),
and the wolf (
Matt .
10 :
16 ;
John 10 :
12 ).
They were liable to wander over the wide pastures and go astray (
Ps .
119 :
176 ;
Isa .
53 :
6 ;
Hos .
4 :
16 ;
Matt .
18 :
12 ).
Goats also formed a part of the pastoral wealth of Palestine (
Gen .
15 :
9 ;
32 :
14 ;
37 :
31 ).
They were used both for sacrifice and for food (
Deut .
14 :
4 ),
especially the young males (
Gen .
27 :
9 ,
14 ,
17 ;
Judg .
6 :
19 ;
13 :
15 ;
1 Sam .
16 :
20 ).
Goat '
s hair was used for making tent cloth (
Ex .
26 :
7 ;
36 :
14 ),
and for mattresses and bedding (
1 Sam .
19 :
13 ,
16 ). (
See {
GOAT }.)
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