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bull

noun
/bʊl/
/bʊl/
Idioms
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  1. [countable] the male of any animal in the cow family公牛
    • a bull neck (= a short thick neck like a bull's)(公牛般的)短粗脖子
    compare bullock, cow, ox, steerTopics Animalsb1
  2. [countable] the male of the elephant, whale and some other large animals雄的(象、鲸等)大动物
    • a bull elephant一只雄象
    compare cowTopics Animalsc2
  3. [countable] (finance金融) a person who buys shares in a company, hoping to sell them soon afterwards at a higher price(预期证券价格上升的)买空者,多头 compare bear
  4. [countable] an official order or statement from the Pope (= the head of the Roman Catholic Church)教皇诏书;教皇训谕
    • a papal bull教皇训谕
  5. [uncountable] (informal) ideas, statements or beliefs that you think are silly or not true公牛:您认为愚蠢或不正确的想法,陈述或信念
    • That's a load of bull!那是胡说八道!
    • If you want to believe all that bull it’s up to you.如果你想相信那些胡说八道,那就看你自己了。
    • That’s just bull and you know it.那只是胡扯罢了,你知道的。
  6. [countable]
    (also bullseye)
    the centre of the target that you shoot or throw at in shooting, archery or darts; a shot or throw that hits this靶心;鹄的;命中靶心
  7. see also cock and bull story
    Word Originsenses 1 to 3 and sense 6 late Old English bula (recorded in place names), from Old Norse boli. Compare with bullock.sense 4 Middle English: from Old French bulle, from Latin bulla ‘bubble, rounded object’ (in medieval Latin ‘seal ’or‘ sealed document’).
Idioms
a bull in a china shop
  1. a person who is careless, or who moves or acts in a rough way, in a place or situation where skill and care are needed(不顾环境)笨拙莽撞的人,冒失鬼
    • You’re not going to go storming in there like a bull in a china shop, are you?你不会像瓷器店里的公牛一样冲进去吧?
like waving a red flag in front of a bull (North American English)
(British English a red rag to a bull)
  1. used to talk about something that is likely to make somebody very angry斗牛的红布;激起人怒火的事物
shoot the breeze/bull
  1. (North American English, informal) to have a conversation in an informal way聊天;闲聊 synonym chat
    • We sat around in the bar, shooting the breeze.我们闲坐在酒吧里聊天。
take the bull by the horns
  1. to face a difficult or dangerous situation directly and with courage勇敢面对困境(或险境)
    • Nora decided to take the bull by the horns and organize things for herself.诺拉决定挺身面对困难,由自己来安排事情。
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2

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