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livestock n.家畜；牲畜 (1) 他擅长畜养家畜。(2) 那儿也有牛、猪和其他家畜。(3) 他们把牲畜关在老谷仓里。(4) 英国在出口牛、羊、猪和马等牲畜上居领先地位。 Livestock are distinguished from other animals by the fact that they're domesticated and raised for food or money — if you get wool, milk, meat, or eggs from animals, they're livestock. The word comes from the sense of stock that means "supply for future use" or "sum of money; from the 1500s, this word was also used to mean "movable property of a farm."

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英 ['laɪvstɒk] 美 ['laɪvstɑːk] (1) He is good at breeding livestock.(2) There were cows, pigs and other livestock there.(3) They cramped the livestock in the ancient barns.(4) Britain takes the lead in exporting livestock: cattle, sheep, pigs and horses. The animals you find on a farm are collectively called livestock. Your herd of dairy goats are livestock, but your toy poodle is just a pet. 1[N-UNCOUNT-COLL 不可数集合名词]（牛、羊等）家畜，牲畜，牲口 Animals such as cattle and sheep which are kept on a farm are referred to as livestock. The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。

英语单词	livestock
英美音标	英 ['laɪvstɒk] 美 ['laɪvstɑːk]
中文释义	n.家畜；牲畜
英语例句	(1) He is good at breeding livestock. (2) There were cows, pigs and other livestock there. (3) They cramped the livestock in the ancient barns. (4) Britain takes the lead in exporting livestock: cattle, sheep, pigs and horses.
中文例句	(1) 他擅长畜养家畜。 (2) 那儿也有牛、猪和其他家畜。 (3) 他们把牲畜关在老谷仓里。 (4) 英国在出口牛、羊、猪和马等牲畜上居领先地位。
vocabulary简明	The animals you find on a farm are collectively called livestock. Your herd of dairy goats are livestock, but your toy poodle is just a pet.
vocabulary扩展	Livestock are distinguished from other animals by the fact that they're domesticated and raised for food or money — if you get wool, milk, meat, or eggs from animals, they're livestock. The word comes from the sense of stock that means "supply for future use" or "sum of money; from the 1500s, this word was also used to mean "movable property of a farm."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT-COLL 不可数集合名词]（牛、羊等）家畜，牲畜，牲口 Animals such as cattle and sheep which are kept on a farm are referred to as livestock. The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock. 暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。

Livestock Animals Pigs Farm Word 英 Laɪvstɒk] 美 Laɪvstɑːk