bison

英 [ˈbaɪsn]

美 [ˈbaɪsn]

n.  野牛(分北美野牛和欧洲野牛两类)

复数：bisons　

TOEFL

BNC.26540 / COCA.10820

牛津词典

noun

• 野牛（分北美野牛和欧洲野牛两类）
  a large wild animal of the cow family that is covered with hair. There are two types of bison , the N American (also called buffalo ) and the European.
  1. a herd of bison
     一群野牛

柯林斯词典

• （北美洲或欧洲的）野牛
  Abisonis a large hairy animal with a large head that is a member of the cattle family. They used to be very common in North America and Europe.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 buffalo

英英释义

noun

• any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns

双语例句

• We camp there, where the loam is trampled by countless herd of bison.
  我们在那里露了营。那里的壤土遭到无数群野牛的践踏。
• The bison is a hoofed animal with a humped back and long, coarse hair.
  野牛是有蹄动物，背部有隆肉，毛粗而长。
• Fog from a nearby hot spring nearly conceals two bison grazing on winter grasses in Yellowstone National Park.
  温泉附近的雾气几乎将黄石国家公园冬日牧场的两头野牛完全笼罩住。
• The steppes gave way to forests, and red deer took the place of horse and bison.
  大草原被森林取而代之，赤鹿替代了野马和野牛。
• Here is one of the bison herds I saw in the park.
  这是我在此所看见的野牛群之一。
• With fewer bison, grass shoots were not eater, so grass did not grow as strongly.
  野牛少了，嫩草没有牛吃，草就长得不象以前那样茂盛了。
• Bison, for instance, kept roaming the plains of America.
  例如，美洲野牛就仍然在美洲的平原上漫步。
• Relating to or characteristic of bison.
  关于或有美洲或欧洲的野牛特点。
• These animals were bison, or American buffaloes.
  这些动物是野牛，或者叫美洲水牛。
• Reindeer receded northward and eastward, and bison and horse followed.
  驯鹿向北方和东方撤退，野牛和马也随之而去。