oxen

In the course of the afternoon more than one of the farm-hands came in , to attend to the wants of the cattle , but not one of them noticed the presence of the stag , who accordingly began to congratulate himself on his escape and to express his gratitude3 to the oxen .

整个下午都很平安，虽然有几个雇工来牛棚照料牛群，但是没有一个人注意到雄鹿的存在，雄鹿一边暗自庆幸可以平安逃走，一边对公牛表示感激。

A stag , chased from his lair1 by the hounds , took refuge in a farmyard , and , entering a stable where a number of oxen were stalled , thrust himself under a pile of hay in a vacant stall , where he lay concealed2 , all but the tips of his horns .

一只雄鹿被猎狗赶出了巢，只得躲进一个农家小院里。他闯进一个满是公牛的牛棚里，拼命挤进空牛栏的干草堆中，藏了起来，但是他的鹿角却一直藏在外面。

In this area oxen are used to pull carts .

这个地区用牛拉车。

A pair of oxen , yoked together , was used .

把两头牛用轭套在一起使唤。

They use oxen to pull their carts .

他们用牛拉车。

He wanted to have a look at the two oxen , both ruminating without raising their eyes .

他想看看那两头牛，它们都在反刍，眼睛都不抬一下。

We must lead an ox by the halter .

牵牛要牵牛鼻子。

Fierce-browed , I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers ; headbowed , like a willing ox I serve the children .

横眉冷对千夫指，俯首甘为孺子牛。

He bought a number of oxen last year .

他去年买了几头牛。

There were several oxen on the road .

路上有几头牛。

The debts piled up like loads on the backs of oxen .

债务丛集，如牛负重。

The noun " oxen " is plural in number .

oxen这个名词是复数。

I was born in the year of the ox ( in1973 , 1985 , 1997 , etc. ) .

我属牛。

Ploughs are pulled by tractors , or in some countries by oxen .

犁由拖拉机牵引，在一些国家则用牛来拉。

The ox cart rumbled down the road .

牛车发出笨重的辘辘声。

An ox is a castrated bull .

阉牛是经过阉割的公牛。

The farmer yoked the oxen .

那个农夫给牛加上轭。

He drove the ox hard .

他使劲地赶牛。

Presently , sure enough , in he came , and made a great to-do about the way the oxen were kept .

正说着，农场主来了，开始抱怨工人没有照料好牛群。

An ox as grazing in a swampy meadow .

一头牛在一块泥泞的草地上吃草。

A ploughman yoked2 his ox and his ass3 together , and set to work to plough his field .

农夫给他的公牛和驴一起套上牛轭，然后赶着它们下地犁田。

Dai Song was a famous painter in Tang dynasty and his paintings of ox were always cherished by Brahmins .

唐代著名画家戴蒿所画的牛历来为文人雅士钟爱。

The son of a high official of the state of Ren angled in the east sea , using fifty oxen as the bait .

任国的公子用五十头牛做了一个钓饵在东海钓鱼.

A ploughman loosed his oxen from the plough , and led them away to the water to drink .

农夫松开牛脖子上挂着的牛轭，牵着它们到水边去喝水。

And , last of all , as the weather showed no signs of improving , he was compelled to kill his oxen and eat them .

最后，因为风暴丝毫没有减弱的意思，他又被迫杀死了自己的牛来填饱肚子。

Such artifacts were not found in 1986 . Some of the bronze ware items have been decorated with dragon and ox patterns .

其中一些青铜器上面还装饰有龙、牛的图案。这些文物都是1986年发掘时没有发现的。

The farmer yoked the oxen before hitching them to the wagon .

农夫在将牛套上大车之前先给它们套上轭。

The man leading the ox stopped and answered : " I am taking it to be slaughtered1 and will use its blood to paint the bell . "

牵牛的人停下来回答说：“我要把这头牛牵去杀掉，用它的血来涂钟。”

The man leading the ox asked : " Do you mean that I shall let the ox go and not paint the bell ? Is that it ? "

牵牛的人问道：“您的意思是要我把牛放了，不必再涂钟了，是吗？”

King Hui answered : " What are you saying ? How can you not paint the bell ! Let the ox go , but use a sheep instead . "

惠王回答说：“你在说什么？钟怎么能不涂呢！把牛放了，就换只羊吧！”