buffalo
buffalo
(复同单，或 -oes)
(复同单，或 -oes)
- a heavily built wild ox with backswept horns, found mainly in the Old World tropics.
four species native to South Asia (genus Bubalus, family Bovidae). 参见 water buffalo, anoa, African buffalo
■the North American bison
北美野牛 - (亦作 buffalo fish)a large greyish-olive freshwater fish with thick lips, common in North America
Genus Ictiobus, family Catostomidae: several species
牛胭鱼
- [with obj.](常作 be buffaloed)(N. Amer. informal)overawe or intimidate (someone)
(北美， 非正式)吓唬，威吓，恫吓
she didn't like being buffaloed.
她不喜欢别人威吓她。
■baffle (someone)
为难，阻碍，使困惑
the problem has buffaloed the advertising staff.
这个问题让广告部的人很为难。
- mid 16th cent.: probably from Portuguese bufalo, from late Latin bufalus, from earlier bubalus, from Greek boubalos 'antelope, wild ox'
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