bull
n. 公牛; 雄性动物; (预期证券价格上升的)买空者; 教皇诏书; 胡说
A bull is a male animal of the cow family.
Some other male animals, including elephants and whales, are called bulls .
...a massive bull elephant with huge tusks.
一头体形庞大、长着巨大象牙的雄象
On the stock market, bulls are people who buy shares in expectation of a price rise, in order to make a profit by selling the shares again after a short time.
In the Roman Catholic church, a papal bull is an official statement on a particular subject that is issued by the Pope.
If you say that something is bull or a load of bull, you mean that it is complete nonsense or absolutely untrue.
I think it's a load of bull...
我认为那是胡说八道。
The press couldn't deal with that so they made up all this bull.
新闻媒体无法应对此事,因此他们就编造了这通谎言。
If you say that someone rushes into a situation like a bull in a china shop, you are critical of them because they do not stop to think, and are insensitive to other people's feelings.
Still, it'll stop him rampaging all over the place like a bull in a china shop.
尽管如此,这将会让他不再像个冒失鬼一样到处横冲直撞了。
You say that someone is like a bull in a china shop when they are very clumsy.
If you take the bull by the horns, you do something that you feel you ought to do even though it is difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant.
Now is the time for the Chancellor to take the bull by the horns and announce a two per cent cut in interest rates.
现在是财政大臣迎难而上,宣布利率下调两个百分点的时候了。
1. uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
2. a large and strong and heavyset man;
3. obscene words for unacceptable behavior;
4. a serious and ludicrous blunder;
5. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
6. an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
7. the center of a target
8. a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
9. mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
1. push or force;
2. try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
3. talk through one's hat;
4. advance in price;
ox, bull, cow, buffalo
这些名词均有"牛"之意。
like a bull at a gate
鲁莽地,狂烈地,猛烈地
like a bull in a china shop
笨手笨足闯祸的,行动(或说话)鲁莽的
like a red rag to a bull
take the bull by the horns
不畏艰险,勇于面对困难
grab the bull by the horns 或 take the bull by the horns
当机立断,快刀斩乱麻:果断并坚决处理问题的
We can see through all that bull.
我们能识破那套胡诌.
Don't listen to his cock and bull story.
别听他那荒诞的故事.
The tramp told a cock and bull story about finding the money hidden in a bottle behind a tree in the park.
流浪汉编了一个荒诞的故事,说他在公园的一棵树的后面发现了藏在瓶子里面的钱.
Take it gently; why must you go at everything like a bull at a gate?
处事从容不迫些, 你为什么做每件事都这么鲁莽 呢 ?
The teacher warned the boy that if he heard any more of his cock and bull story , he would be severely punished.
老师警告那个男孩说,如果他再听到他胡说八道, 他将受到严惩.