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考研英语单词解析：cattle

单词：cattle

音标：/ˈkætl/

释义：n.牛；牲口；家畜

考频：★★★★

记法：

谐音联想“开头”：农户创业起步的开头往往优先养殖牛、家畜等牲畜，同时可结合语法属性记忆：该词为集合名词，本身表复数含义，无需在词尾加s变形即可指代多头牛/牲口。

派生词：

cattleman (名词，复数形式为cattlemen，意为牧牛人、养牛场工人)

cattle-breeding (名词，意为养牛业、畜牧养殖)

cattle rancher (名词，意为牧牛场主、畜牧经营者)

搭配：

beef cattle 肉牛

dairy cattle 奶牛

a herd of cattle 一群牛

cattle farming 养牛业，畜牧养殖

cattle pasture 牧牛草场

考研真题例句：

Their husbands stay away from the house for weeks at a time herding cattle across the vast grasslands.

她们的丈夫每次会离家数周，在广袤的草原上放牛。

Raising cattle for beef consumes far more resources than growing grain for direct human consumption.

饲养肉牛消耗的资源远远多于种植直接供人类食用的谷物所消耗的资源。

At the same time, a large number of local cattle are raised in ecologically fragile areas.

与此同时，大量当地牛群被饲养在生态脆弱区域。

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