| 单词 | downer cow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdowner cow 3. colloquial (originally U.S.). A cow or other domestic animal that is unable to stand up, esp. due to illness or injury. Frequently attributive, esp. in downer cow. ΚΠ 1886 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 30 Sept. 1/5 The cattle called downers were quickly bought up by scalpers and sent to the various slaughter-houses in Bridgeport. 1939 San Antonio (Texas) Light 13 Aug. 6/8 We buy old unserviceable horses, mules and donkeys, Downer cows, fresh dead. 1988 Rural Delivery June 24/1 Stanchions and slatted floors are very undesirable and dangerous locations for a Downer cow. 1994 Animals' Voice Spring 44/1 It was Agriculture Canada's policy to stun downer animals on the trucks. 2004 N.Y. Times Mag. 28 Mar. 53/1 In the years after mad cow struck in humans in Britain, the U.S.D.A...started testing ‘downers’, or cattle that are too sick or injured to walk. < as lemmas |
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