及物动词

1. The glacier calved a large iceberg.
冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。

1. 生小牛, 下仔, (使)分离：bulk bread 散装面包 | calve 生小牛, 下仔, (使)分离 | hemishere 半球,地球的半面,大脑半球

2. 下仔：Calvary 耶稣钉死之地 | calve 下仔 | calved 有腓部的

3. 生小牛：calvariacalvarium 颅顶盖 | calve 生小牛 | calve 下仔

4. 幼崽：pod 密集小群 | calve 幼崽 | strand 搁浅

1. 产犊;生小牛
When a cow calves, it gives birth to a calf.

e.g. When his cows calve each year he keeps one or two calves for his family.
他的母牛每年产犊时,他都给自家留上一两头。

2. (象、鲸等)产崽
Some other female animals, including elephants and whales, are said to calve when they give birth to their young.

e.g. The whales migrate some 6,000 miles to breed and calve in the warm lagoons.
鲸会迁移6,000海里左右,到温暖的环礁湖生殖繁衍。

3. （calf 的复数）
Calves is the plural of calf.

verb

1. birth

e.g. the whales calve at this time of year

Synonym: have young

2. release ice

e.g. The icebergs and glaciers calve

Synonym: break up