| 单词 | water-ox |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater-ox water-ox n. the domesticated water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis; (also) the hide of this.In quot. 1615: perhaps the forest buffalo, Syncerus caffer nanus. [ < water n. + ox n.; in quot. 1836 after Chinese shuǐniú water buffalo ( < shuǐ water (see feng shui n.) + niú ox).] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > Bubalus bubalis (water buffalo) buffle?c1510 buffalo1588 water-ox1615 ante1625 buffa1710 water buffalo1827 1615 E. Grimeston tr. P. d'Avity Estates 1098 There doe also ingender in those riuers [in Africa] certaine water oxen [Fr. beufs d'eau], which liue for some dayes vpon the land. 1836 J. F. Davis Chinese II. xx. 380 A small buffalo..called by the Chinese Shuey-new, ‘water-ox’, from its propensity for muddy shallows. 1884 Littell's Living Age 161 88 Water-oxen turned up their noses at us. 2002 N. Tosches In Hand of Dante 259 The hide of its binding awaits as well: the very finest water-ox, tanned in the very finest African way. < as lemmas |
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