This flashcard defines "beef" as cow meat, providing examples like "roast beef." It also explains "beef" as a verb meaning to complain and as a noun meaning a complaint or grievance.
This flashcard defines "beef" as the meat of a cow, bull, or ox, with examples like roast beef or beef stew. It also defines "beef" as a verb meaning to complain about something and as a noun meaning a complaint or grievance.
[VERB 动词]不断抱怨;大发牢骚 If someone beefs about something, they keep complaining about it.
[no passive]
[disapproval]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
Instead of beefing about what Mrs Martin has not done, her critics might take a look at what she is trying to do.
批评者不要老是抱怨马丁太太没有做什么事情,不妨看看她正要做什么事情。
Beef is also a noun.
I really don't have a beef with Wayne.
我对韦恩真的没有什么不满的。
相关词组:
beef up
Oxford
beef★/biːf; NAmEbiːf/
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verb
beefbeevesnoun★1★[uncountable ]meat that comes from a cow 牛肉◆roast/minced beef烤牛肉;碎牛肉◆beef and dairy cattle菜牛和奶牛☞see also
corned beef
2[countable ]( informal) a complaint 抱怨;牢骚◆What's his latest beef?他最近在抱怨什么?verb[intransitive ]beef(about sb/sth) ( informal) to complain a lot about sb/sth 老是抱怨;大发牢骚PHRASAL VERBˌbeef sth↔ˈup( informal) to make sth bigger, better, more interesting, etc. 使更大(或更好、更有意思等)beef/biːf; NAmEbiːf/
LDC
beef1 noun
beef2 verb
beefbeef1 /biːf/ ●●●S3 noun
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1[uncountable] the meat from a cow: roast beef We have both dairy and beef cattle on the farm.2[countable] informal a complaint: OK, so what’s the beef this time?3where’s the beef? American English spoken used when you think someone’s promises sound good, but you want to know what they actually plan to do →
corned beef
beef1 noun
beef2 verb
beefbeef2 verb [intransitive]
Verb Table
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informal to complain a lotbeef about They’re always beefing about something.beef up phrasal verb informalto improve something or make it more interesting, more important etc: a beefed-up news story We need to beef the campaign up.
WDF
beef
[bi:f]beefed, beefing, beefs
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beefed[202] beefing[262] beefs[298]
牛肉(82%),加强(9%),抱怨(3%),牢骚(2%),肌肉(2%),告发(1%),力气(1%)
n.牛肉;肌肉;食用牛;牢骚
vt.养;加强
vi.抱怨,告发;发牢骚
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