| 单词 | black cattle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack cattle black cattle n. (originally) †bovine animals regardless of colour (cf. cattle n. 4a) (obsolete); (in later use) any of several breeds of cattle native to the uplands of Scotland and Wales which are typically (but not exclusively) black; animals of such a breed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > miscellaneous types of black cattle1610 horned cattle1725 Suffolk1831 blue-grey1876 criollo1888 Simmental1906 Sahiwal1916 Belgian Blue1917 morucho1932 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > of Scotland > Highland cow or cattle black cattle1725 Highland cattle1751 highlander1771 West Highlander1805 kyloe1811 West Highland1843 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > of Wales runt1549 Welsh runt1602 Welsh cattle1730 Welsh Black1742 black cattle1919 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God viii. xiii. 320 And Porphery elsewhere saith that the lower the gods are, the sadder sacrifies they require: the earth-gods, and hell-gods loue blacke cattell: the first vpon alltars, the latter in graues and pits. 1725 Minute Bk. Soc. Antiq. 21 July (Brand) After the body [of a Highland chief] is interred, a hundred black cattle and two or three hundred sheep are killed for the entertainment of the company. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Black-cattle, oxen; bulls; and cows. 1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 378/2 In the usual acceptation..is confined to the ox, or what is called black cattle or horned cattle. But as many varieties are not black, and several have no horns, the name neat cattle is more appropriate. 1868 Perthshire Jrnl. 18 June The large stock of black cattle and crosses. 1919 K. J. J. Mackenzie Cattle xi. 149 Welsh Black Cattle. Some 20 years ago there were two distinct types of black cattle in Wales. 1995 Daily Tel. 28 Aug. 2/8 Hardier breeds—Scottish black-faced sheep and black cattle—are now used by the commoners. < as lemmas |
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