ox
noun /ɒks/
/ɑːks/
(plural oxen
/ˈɒksn/
/ˈɑːksn/
)- a bull (= a male cow) that has been castrated (= had part of its sex organs removed), used, especially in the past, for pulling farm equipment, etc.
compare bullock, steerTopics Animalsc1(阉割的)公牛;犍牛 - (old-fashioned) any cow or bull on a farm
see also cattleTopics Animalsc1饲养的牛
词源Old English oxa, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch os and German Ochse, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit ukṣán ‘bull’.