beef

noun

1. 牛肉
   meat that comes from a cow
   1. roast/minced beef
      烤牛肉；碎牛肉
   2. beef and dairy cattle
      肉牛和奶牛
2. 抱怨；牢骚
   a complaint
   1. What's his latest beef?
      他最近在抱怨什么？

verb

1. 老是抱怨；大发牢骚
   to complain a lot about sb/sth

1. See also: ...roast beef. ...beef stew. ...exports of beef and powdered milk. corned beef
2. VERB 不断抱怨；大发牢骚
   If someone beefs about something, they keep complaining about it.
   1. 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。
   2. Beef is also a noun.
      
   3. I really don't have a beef with Wayne.
      我对韦恩真的没有什么不满的。

1. An aromatic beef stew waited on the stove.
   炉子上放着香味四溢的炖牛肉。
2. They bought so much beef that some went bad.
   他们买了太多牛肉，有些都变质了。
3. 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。
4. Carve the beef into slices.
   把牛肉切成片。
5. The nation also exports beef
   该国也出口牛肉。
6. I fried up the beef
   我把牛肉煎了一下。
7. Pete gobbled all the beef stew.
   皮特狼吞虎咽，把炖牛肉吃了个精光。
8. He carved the joint of beef.
   他切开了那一大块烤牛肉。
9. Meat labelled 'Scotch Beef' sells for a premium in supermarkets
   带有“ScotchBeef（苏格兰牛肉）”标志的牛肉在超市里售价不菲。
10. The European Commission has urged France to lift its ban on imports of British beef.
    欧盟委员会敦促法国解除进口英国牛肉的禁令。
11. 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。
12. Beef now costs well over 30 roubles a pound
    牛肉现在卖到了每磅30多卢布。
13. The smell of roast beef permeated the air
    空气中弥漫着烤牛肉的香味。
14. 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。
15. Some of the commercially produced venison resembles beef in flavour
    有些商业化养殖的鹿肉味道和牛肉很相似。
16. She served him a bowl of beef stew
    她为他端上了一碗炖牛肉。
17. The government continues to subsidize the production of eggs and beef.
    政府继续出资扶持鸡蛋和牛肉的生产。
18. 'It's corned beef and cabbage,' said Malone. 'Yuk,' said Maureen.
    “这是咸牛肉配卷心菜。”马隆说。“呃，”莫琳表示反感地说了一声。
19. The beef is very tender.
    牛肉烧得很烂。
20. I had some fish, beef, duck, jiaozi and a dish of sweet soup.
    我吃了些鱼，牛肉，鸭肉，饺子和一盘甜汤。
21. You should put beef into your work.
    你要努力工作。
22. 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。
23. The price of cereals and the price of calves at the present moment has virtually sounded the death kneel of barley beef production.
    日前的谷物价格和牛犊价格实际上已经敲响了用大麦生产牛肉的丧钟。
24. There's cold beef go ɪ ng.
    有冻牛肉出售。
25. 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。
26. We sat down to dinner, a very English noe& roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, and cabbage grown in their own garden.
    我们坐下来吃饭，这是地道的英国饭菜，有烤牛肉、约克夏布丁、烤土豆和他们自己花园里种的卷心菜。
27. How was I to know he doesn't eat beef?
    我哪儿知道他不吃牛肉。
28. Your noodles and beef.
    你的面条和牛肉。
29. I ordered roast beef served with roast potatoes and vegetables.
    我点了烤牛肉加烤土豆和蔬菜。
30. I have noodles, beef and tomatoes.
    我吃面条、牛肉和西红柿。

  complain beef grumble【导航词义：抱怨】

  complain v. 抱怨，发牢骚

〔辨析〕指因对待遇、处境不满或自己有痛苦等而向别人诉说，常后接介词about/of。

  beef v. 〈非正式〉抱怨

〔辨析〕指总是抱怨、大发牢骚，常后接介词 about。

  grumble v. 抱怨

〔辨析〕指因对处境、待遇不满或其他个人因素而怨恨地自言自语或向他人诉苦，常后接介词 about/at，可与 moan 换用。

beef sth↔up

1. 使更大（或更好、更有意思等）
   to make sth bigger, better, more interesting, etc.
   1. roast/minced beef
      烤牛肉；碎牛肉
   2. beef and dairy cattle
      肉牛和奶牛

noun

1. cattle that are reared for their meat

   Synonym:    beef cattle

2. informal terms for objecting
   1. I have a gripe about the service here

   Synonym:    gripekickbitchsquawk

3. meat from an adult domestic bovine

   Synonym:    boeuf

verb

1. complain
   1. What was he hollering about?

   Synonym:    gripebitchgrousecrabsquawkbellyacheholler