名詞 heifer:

1. young cow

1. He was loath to surrender his sweetheart to his wife; yet how refuse so trifling a present as a heifer?
   他實(shí)在不想將情人交給自己的老婆; 但是他又怎好拒絕象一頭母牛這樣的區(qū)區(qū)小意思呢？
2. She brushed away the darkness and saw him on the banks of a glassy river with a beautiful heifer standing near.
   她撥開云層見到他正呆在一條明鏡般的小河岸上，身旁有一頭美麗的小母牛。
3. A maiden who was loved by Zeus and transformed by Hera into a heifer.
   艾奧宙斯所愛的少女，被赫拉變成丁小母牛
4. The heifer is only six months old.
   這只小母牛只有六個(gè)月大。

heif.er

n.（名詞）
A young cow, especially one that has not yet given birth to a calf.
小母牛：年幼的母牛，尤指未曾生過牛犢者

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English hôahfore
源自 古英語 hôahfore
hôah- [of unknown meaning]
hôah- [意義未知的]
fearr [calf]
fearr [牛犢]