beef

英[biːf]美[biːf]
  • n. 牛肉；肌肉；力气；牢骚
  • v. 抱怨；告发；加强

    • 记忆方法

    谐音记忆法
    【谐音】比富→牛肉只有富人才吃的起，所以他们通过吃牛肉来比富→beef n.牛肉【谐音】必福→牛肉吃多了必然变胖发福
      noun(名词)
      1. [ U ] 牛肉
      2. [ C ] 抱怨;怨言
      3. [ U ] 力量，力气
      verb(动词)
      1. 抱怨

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. [ U ] 牛肉

      The spaghetti sauce is made with minced (US ground) beef.

      这种意大利面的调味汁是用牛肉末做成的。

      People in England often have roast beef and Yorkshire pudding for lunch on Sundays.

      英格兰人星期天午餐常吃烤牛肉和约克郡布丁。

      He is a beef cattle farmer.

      他专门饲养菜牛。

    2. [ C ] 抱怨;怨言

      My main beef about the job is that I have to work on Saturdays.

      我对这份工作最大的不满是周六还得干活儿。

    3. [ U ] 力量，力气

      He said that the newly published government report didn't have much beef in it.

      他称新发布的政府报告没什么力度。

      Push harder! Put some beef into it!

      再用点力推！加把劲！

    verb(动词)
    1. 抱怨

      He was beefing about having to do the shopping.

      他在为不得不去购物而抱怨。

    小知识

    Beef is meat from a cow. It's also a word for a complaint. If you have a beef with someone, you’re not sharing a steak, you have a gripe. Just don’t beef to a cow; her problems are worse.

    Beef is a type of meat from cattle. If you've ever had a hamburger, you've had beef. The word beef comes from the Old French word buef, which became the word for basically, cow meat. Beef is to cow as pork is to pig or mutton is to sheep. On the other hand, if you have a beef with someone, you have a complaint. Beefing is expressing such feelings.

    实用短语

    1. roast beef

      烧牛肉,烤牛肉,烤牛排,原味烧牛肉

    2. braised beef

      炖牛肉,焖牛肉,红焖牛肉,焖牛排

    3. minced beef

      牛绞肉,牛肉馅

    4. corned beef

      粗盐腌牛肉,咸牛肉,罐头碎牛肉,腌牛肉

    5. lemon beef

      柠檬牛肉,宁檬牛肉

    6. kobe beef

      神户牛,神户牛肉,神户牛排

    7. spiced beef

      酱牛肉,巴东牛肉,五香牛肉,五香牛排

    常用短语

    1. beef cattle

      菜牛

    2. roast beef

      烤牛肉

    3. beef up

      vt. 加强（增援，充实）；补充（人数， 兵力）等

    4. ground beef

      绞碎的牛肉

    5. beef steak

      牛排

    6. minced beef

      n. 牛肉馅；绞碎的牛肉

    7. beef extract

      n. 浓缩牛肉汁；牛肉膏

    8. beef noodles

      牛肉面；家传牛肉面；牛肉火锅面

    9. beef jerky

      n. 牛肉干

    10. dried beef

      牛肉干

    11. corned beef

      咸牛肉

    12. beef sausage

      牛肉香肠

    13. stewed beef

      红烩牛肉；清炖牛肉；红煨牛肉

    14. braised beef

      焖牛肉；炖牛肉；烩牛肉

    15. curry beef

      咖喱牛肉

    单词用法

    短语动词
    beef up 增加；加强；改进；提高 查看更多 以下资源来自牛津词典 beef sth?up (informal) 使更大（或更好、更有意思等） to make sth bigger, better, more interesting, etc. 收起

    同义词

    gripe  /  complaint  /  meat

    同根词

    词根：beef

    adj.

    beefy象牛肉的；结实的；健壮的