bullock

bullock
noun
  1. a male domestic bovine animal that has been castrated and is raised for beef
    阉牛
verb
  1. [no obj.](Austral./NZ informal)work long and hard
    (澳/新西兰,非正式)长时间干累活,长时间干重活
    people have dropped dead bullocking their guts out.
    人们不停地干重活直至累死。
    [as noun bullocking]I had done all the bullocking.
    我做过各种各样的重活。
语源
  1. late Old English bulluc, diminutive of bula (see bull). The verb (late 19th cent.) is by association with a bullock's use as a draught animal
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