calve /kɑːv/ ( calving, calved, calves )

• 1. 

  V-I When a cow calves, it gives birth to a calf. 产犊

  例：

  When his cows calve each year he keeps one or two calves for his family.

  每年他的母牛产犊时，他都为家里留下一两头。

• 2. 

  V-I Some other female animals, including elephants and whales, are said to calve when they give birth to their young. 生(幼崽)

  例：

  The whales migrate some 6,000 miles to breed and calve in the warm lagoons.

  这种鲸鱼环游了6,000英里到暖水湖里生育繁殖。

• 3. 

  Calves is the plural of . calf的复数形式