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单词 calve
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
calve /kæv/USA pronunciation   v., calved, calv•ing. 
  1. Animal Husbandryto give birth to (a calf): [no object]Our cow calved in the spring.[~ + object]She calved two offspring.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
calve  (kav, käv),USA pronunciation v., calved, calv•ing. 
v.i. 
  1. Animal Husbandryto give birth to a calf:The cow is expected to calve tomorrow.
  2. Geography(of a glacier, an iceberg, etc.) to break up or splinter so as to produce a detached piece.

v.t. 
  1. Animal Husbandryto give birth to (a calf ).
  2. Geography(of a glacier, an iceberg, etc.) to break off or detach (a piece):The glacier calved an iceberg.
  • bef. 1000; Middle English calven, Old English (Anglian) *calfian, derivative of calf calf1; cognate with Old English (West Saxon) cealfian

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
calve /kɑːv/ vb
  1. to give birth to (a calf)
  2. (of a glacier or iceberg) to release (masses of ice) in breaking up
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