heifer

n. 小母牛

n. (Heifer)人名；(德)海费尔

中文词源

heifer 未生育过的小母牛

来自古英语heahfore,词源不详。可能来自古英语heag,交配，fearr,公牛。即正在与公牛交配的母牛。

heifer (n.): Old English heahfore, West Saxon; Northumbrian hehfaro, heffera (plural), of unknown origin, not found outside English. The first element seems to be heah "high," common in Old English compounds with a sense of "great in size." The second element may be related to Old English fearr "bull," or to Old English faran "to go" (giving the whole a sense of "high-stepper"); but there are serious sense difficulties with both conjectures. Liberman offers this alternative:
Old English seems to have had the word *hægfore 'heifer.' The first element (*hæg-) presumably meant 'enclosure' (as do haw and hedge), whereas -fore was a suffix meaning 'dweller, occupant' ....
In modern use a female that has not yet calved, as opposed to a cow, which has, and a calf, which is an animal of either sex not more than a year old. As derisive slang for "a woman, girl" it dates from 1835.

1. 国际小母牛组织（Heifer International）是一家位于美国阿肯色州小石城的一家非盈利性慈善机构，致力于救助全球贫困与饥饿。国际小母牛组织向全球范围内的贫困家庭提供家畜、农作物以及可持续农业教育等。

2. An American farmer named Dan West developed the idea for Heifer International.: 一个名叫丹?韦斯特的美国农夫提出国际小母牛的构想.

3. They black heifer chalk , said ,'she is white , Bos cretatus. ": 他们替一头小黑牛抹上石膏粉, 便说: “ 你已经白了. ”

5. The goddess delivered the heifer to Argus, to be strictly watched.: 那女神就把这头小母牛交给阿尔戈斯严加看管.