1. | The ox is a patient, plodding beast of burden. |
| 牛是一种吃苦耐劳的驮畜。
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2. | The ox kills well. |
| 牛的出肉率高。
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3. | You cannot flay the same ox twice. |
| (谚)一头牛不能剥两次皮。
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4. | the black ox has trod [trampled] on sb.'s foot. |
| 灾祸已降临到某人头上;某人已人老珠黄。
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5. | He is as strong as an ox . |
| 他力大如牛。
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6. | He was at the time wrestling with the soul of a young ox from Manchester. |
| 那时他正在竭力地说服一位来自曼彻斯特的蛮小伙子。
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7. | leave an ox tongue in salt pickle |
| 把牛口条放在醃菜汁里醃制
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8. | the sacrifice of an ox to Jupiter |
| 用牛祭祀古罗马主神朱庇特
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9. | bed down an ox |
| 给牛铺好睡处的草
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10. | ride upon an ox |
| 骑牛
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