bovine的词源

英文词源

bovine

bovine: see beef

bovine (adj.)

1817, from French bovin (14c.), from Late Latin bovinus, from Latin bos (genitive bovis) "ox, cow," from PIE *gwous- (see cow (n.)). Figurative sense of "inert and stupid" is from 1855.

中文词源

bovine：牛的

来自词根bov, 牛。词源同beef.

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