Do you like stewed beef?

你喜欢吃炖牛肉吗？

Africa is exporting beef to Europe.

非洲向欧洲出口牛肉。

He's got plenty of beef.

他肌肉发达。

My beef is that it took too much time.

我的抱怨是太花时间了。

He is forever beefing about that.

他没完没了地为那事抱怨。

I 've never quite understood why people beef about the price of dinner.

我一直不太明白人们为什么要抱怨餐费。

We need new young players to beef up the team.

我们需要新的队员来加强球队的实力。

roast'/minced beef

烤牛肉；碎牛肉

beef and dairy cattle

肉牛和奶牛

What's his latest beef?

他最近在抱怨什么？

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。

...beef stew.

炖牛肉

...roast beef.

烤牛肉

How was I to know he didn't eat beef?

我哪儿知道他不吃牛肉.

He is lacking in beef.

他体力不够.

The beef is high.

牛肉变质了.

There's a piece of roast beef.

这儿有一块烤牛肉.

The beef is overdone.

牛肉煮得太老.

The beef I had at supper was very delicious.

我晚餐吃的牛肉味道很好.

The beef eats well.

这牛肉好吃.

The roast beef is very appetizing.

烤牛肉让人胃口大开.

beef tastes better when you boil it gently.

文火煮出的牛肉味道要可口一些.

Walter seasoned beef with curry.

沃尔特用咖喱给牛肉调味.

The beef is very tender.

牛肉烧得很烂.

Women can alwaysfind something to beef about.

妇女们总是会找点什么事情发发牢骚.

If we can't afford beef, we have to do with pork.

如果我们买不起牛肉, 猪肉也行.

The whole shipment of cattle made the grade as prime beef.

这批牛全部达到了上等牛肉的标准.

roast beef and horseradish

烤牛肉加辣根酱

beef stew and dumplings

牛肉炖丸子

Kenya's beef comes from the zebu cattle.

肯尼亚的牛肉是瘤牛肉。

I fried up the beef.

我把牛肉煎了一下。

They used to buy ten kilos of beef in one lump.

他们过去常买10公斤重的整块牛肉。

A tantalising aroma of roast beef fills the air.

空气中充满诱人的烤牛肉香味。

Thick tuna steaks are eaten rare, like beef.

像牛肉一样，厚的金枪鱼排做到半熟即可食用。

1. There's cold beef going.
   有冻牛肉出售。
2. Which do you like better, beef or pork?
   牛肉和猪肉你喜欢哪种？
3. How much beef did she buy?
   她买了多少牛肉？
4. She bought two jin of beef in supermarket.
   她在超级市场买了两斤牛肉。
5. We have bought ten beeves〔beefs〕 from Iowa .
   我们从艾奥瓦买来十头菜牛。
6. Come on, put some beef into the job!
   来,加把劲干活吧!
7. You should put beef into your work.
   你要努力工作。
8. My main beef is that it went on too long.
   我最不满意的是这件事拖的时间太长。
9. Bob is a boy with a great deal of beef.
   鲍勃是个高大健壮的男孩。

beef about (v.+prep.)

抱怨 complain; grumble
beef about sth

She never beefed about her miserable life.

她对苦日子从不抱怨。

Stop beefing about your pay and do some work!

不要对你的薪水没完没了的发牢骚了,做点事吧!

beef up (v.+adv.)

〈非正〉加强 reinforce the army
beef up

It's quite a good story but it needs beefing up a bit before we can publish it.

这是个相当好的故事,但还要充实一下我们才能发表。

beef sth ⇔ up

That was seen as a campaign to beef up American forces in Europe.

那件事被认为是美国在欧洲加强军事力量的活动。

The colony's garrison was now beefed up to about forty thousand service personnel.

在殖民地的驻军目前增加到大约4万人。

动词+～

• beef">boil beef煮牛肉
• beef">braise beef炖牛肉
• beef">broil beef烤牛肉
• beef">cook beef烧牛肉
• beef">roast beef烤牛肉

形容词+～

• beef">baked beef烤牛肉
• beef">chipped beef熏牛肉片
• beef">cold beef冷牛肉
• beef">corned beef腌制的牛肉
• beef">dried beef牛肉干
• beef">prime beef上等牛肉
• beef">rare beef三成熟牛肉
• beef">roast beef烤牛肉
• beef">smoked beef熏牛肉

名词+～

• beef">baby beef小牛肉
• beef">salt beef咸牛肉

～+名词

• beef%20cattle">beef cattle肉牛
• beef%20steak">beef steak牛排
• beef%20tea">beef tea牛肉汁

• As from his cattle, the beef had dwindled from the man, but he was still large.

  出自：P. V. White

• We..were..putting all the beef we could behind it.

  出自：R. M. Patterson

• The Defense Department required no persuasion that the defense of Europe needed, in their phrase, 'beefing up'.

  出自：D. Acheson

• I'd brought a half bottle of whisky..which we used to beef up the coffee.

  出自：I. Banks

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？

beef

B：I’ll have a (roastbeef 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 roastbeef 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。

beef的反义词

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。

n.(名词)

1. beef的基本意思是供食用的“牛肉”,是不可数的物质名词,一般也不加冠词。引申可指“肌肉”“肌力”。
2. beef还可指“菜牛”，这时是可数名词，其复数形式可以是beeves，也可以是beefs。
3. 美国俚语中beef还可作“抱怨”“牢骚”解,此时复数形式是beefs。

v.(动词)

1. beef用作动词是美国俚语,与about连用,意思是“抱怨”; 与up连用,意思是“加强”。

n.(名词)

牛肉富含蛋白质。

误 The beef is rich proteins.

正 beef is rich in proteins.

他雇了两个身强力壮的人当保镖。

误 He has hired as his bodyguards two men with plenty of beefs.

正 He has hired as his bodyguards two men with plenty of beef.

析 beef作“牛肉”“肌肉”“肌力”解时是不可数名词,不可加-s。

我晚饭吃的牛肉味道很好。

误 beef I had at supper was very delicious.

正 The beef I had at supper was very delicious.

析 beef带有限制性定语从句,属特指,须加定冠词。

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的boef，意为牛，牛肉。