beef 详细解释
beef
[bi:f]
n.牛肉, 肌肉, 力气,牢骚
v.抱怨, 告发,加强
n.
1. 牛肉[U]
He loves beef steak.
他爱吃牛排。
2. 食用牛[C]
3. (屠宰后的)牛体[C]
4. 肌肉; 体重; 膂力; 努力[U]
Work hard, put some beef into the design.
努力吧! 在这个设计上加把劲。
Plenty of exercise will take some of the beef off you.
多多运动可以给你减掉一些体重。
5. 【美】【俚】抱怨, 牢骚[C]
What's your beef this time?
这次你的牢骚是什么?
My beef is that it took too much time.
我的抱怨是太花时间了。
He wouldn't listen to my beef against his subordinates.
他不愿听我对他下属所发的牢骚。
vi.
1. 【美】【俚】抱怨, 发牢骚[(+about)]
He is forever beefing about that.
他没完没了地为那事抱怨。
2. 申诉, 告发
vt.
1. 养(牛)
2. 【口】加强, 增强; 改进[(+up)]
Security needs beefing up.
保安措施需要强化。
词形变化
名词复数: beeves | 动词过去式: beefed | 动词过去分词: beefed | 动词现在分词: beefing | 动词第三人称单数: beefs |
词义辨析
同义参见:
英英释义
名词 beef:
cattle that are reared for their meat
同义词：beef cattle
meat from an adult domestic bovine
同义词：boeuf
informal terms for objecting
同义词：gripe, kick, bitch, squawk
动词 beef:
complain
同义词：gripe, grouse, crab, squawk, bellyache, holler
补充
beefbeef英:[bi:f] 美:[bif]n.1.牛肉The beef I had at supper was very delicious.我晚餐吃的牛肉味道很好。例句
1. exports of beef牛肉出口 2. I really don't have a beef with Wayne.对韦恩我真的没什么可抱怨的。 3. beef casserole in a red wine sauce用红葡萄酒调味的砂锅牛肉 4. a bowl of beef stew一碗炖牛肉 5. They had the biggest herd of beef cattle in the Valley.山谷里他们饲养的菜牛最多。 6. Stop beefing about the price increase.不要对涨价没完没了地发牢骚了。 7. Quit beefing and get back to work.别抱怨了，回来工作吧。 8. The victim beefed and went to the police.受害人去向警方告发了。 9. he needs a little more beef on his bones.他的骨骼需要再长点肌肉。 10. he's been brought in to give the team more beef.他被招来加强球队力量。 11. it's more a sketch than a policy— where's the beef?.这与其说是政策，还不如说是草案——问题的关键在哪儿？。 12. the beef about the warehouse was that it was too big.对仓库的牢骚是说仓库太大了。 13. getting caught with pot in the sixties was a narco beef.在60年代吸食大麻被逮到就可以被控以吸毒罪。 14. he was beefing about how the recession was killing the business.他抱怨经济衰退如何坏了他的生意。 15. cost-cutting measures are planned to beef up performance.为了提高绩效，正在计划降低成本。 16. a pound of beef一磅牛肉 17. ground beef绞碎的牛肉 18. I'm not eating as much beef as I used to.我现在吃牛肉比以前少了。 19. the beef industry牛肉加工业 20. beef stew [=a stew made with beef]炖牛肉 21. "My real beef is with the organization's president, not the group itself."我真正不满的是这个组织的领导人，而不是组织本身。 22. What's your beef?你有什么不满？ 23. a football player with a lot of beef and brawn [=a very muscular football player]肌肉发达的橄榄球运动员 24. She's always beefing about something.她总是为一些事情发牢骚。 25. Security around the city will be beefed up during the event.盛会期间，城市周边的安全措施会得到加强。 26. The medicine helps beef up the immune system.这种药有助于增强免疫系统。