名词牛肉; 菜牛（饲养以供肉食的牛）; 体力; 怨言，牢骚
不及物动词抱怨，大发牢骚
名词
1. beef的近义词
1. He loves beef steak.
他爱吃牛排。
2. Work hard, put some beef into the design.
努力吧！在这个设计上加把劲。
3. What's your beef this time?
这次你的牢骚是什么？
4. My beef is that it took too much time.
我的抱怨是太花时间了。
点餐
A：For lunch we have chicken, beef and Chinese noodles. Which one would you like?
午餐我们提供鸡肉、牛肉和中国面条。请问您要那样?
B：Chinese noodles, please.
请来中国面条。
夜生活
A：Can I take your order?
可以点菜了吗？
B：I’ll have a (roast beef sandwich on rye/ lamb / hamburger, well-done), please.
我要一个（黑麦烤牛肉三明治/羊肉/全熟的汉堡）。
在餐桌上
A：What would you like to drink, Xiao Wang?
小王，你喜欢喝什么酒？
B：Why don’t we start off with a little Mao-tai?
我们先喝点茅台怎么样？
A：Great idea! Catherine, will you join us?
好主意！凯瑟琳，你一起来好吗？
C：I certainly will. The more, the merrier. To your health!
当然。人越多越高兴。祝你健康！
A：To your health!
祝你健康！
B：And to yours!
祝你健康！
B：Have some of this roast beef and some Yorkshire pudding to go with it. Help yourself to vegetables.
吃点烤牛肉，用约克夏布丁配着吃，请随便吃菜。
B：This is marvelous. What a wonderful cook you are.
才好极了。您真是一个了不起的厨师。
A：Some of the credit should go to me. I made the pudding!
这里面也有我一份功劳。布丁是我做的。
1. 肉牛：)从前人们卖肉牛(beef)也不大老实,把牛牵到市场卖之前,会先把牠喂得饱饱的,这样,肉牛称起来自然重一点,价钱也可以要高一点了. 英文成语beef up指的本来就是这种「喂饱肉牛」做法,现在往往引伸为「增强」或「扩大」的意思,
2. 牛：喂饱肉牛 对论斤卖肉的人来说,牛肉猪肉等当然是越重越好的. 有些肉商甚至用打针的办法给牛肉、猪肉注水,这样,本来不过一斤的肉,就可以卖得不止一斤的价钱了. 从前人们卖肉牛(beef)也不大老实,把牛牵到市场卖之前,会先把它喂得饱饱的,这样,肉牛称起来自然重一点,...
3. 牛排：也许你说的对,我还真不能编造(make up)一个听上去(sound)不能让人信服的理由.我最好还是想个好点的幌子(story)去对他说吧.还没有,但是我想去(would like)尝尝,我听说他们的牛排(beef)质量最好(excellent quality ),
1. 牛肉
Beef is the meat of a cow, bull, or ox.
beef
e.g. ...roast beef.
烤牛肉
e.g. ...beef stew.
炖牛肉
2. 不断抱怨；大发牢骚
If someone beefs about something, they keep complaining about it.
e.g. Instead of beefing about what Mrs Martin has not done, her critics might take a look at what she is trying to do.
批评者不要老是抱怨马丁太太没有做什么事情，不妨看看她正要做什么事情。
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