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語源

Borrowed from Late Latin bovīnus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈbəʊ.vaɪn/
• (米国発音) enPR: bōʹvīn', bōʹvēn', bōʹvĭn; IPA: /ˈboʊˌvaɪn/, /ˈboʊˌvin/, /ˈboʊ.vɪn/
• 韻: (英国発音) -əʊvaɪn, (米国発音) -oʊvaɪn

形容詞

bovine (comparative more bovine, superlative most bovine)

1. (not comparable) Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle, buffaloes, or bison.

   Synonyms: neatish, (archaic) vaccine

   1. (not comparable) Belonging to the subfamily Bovinae.
2. (figurative) Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
   • 1988 October 10, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, London: William Heinemann, page 69:

     They had been selected and arranged with a dull, bovine indifference to any meaning that any of them might have.

   • 2018 August 16, Marina Hyde, “Sorry to break it to you, far-righters: James Bond is not on your team”, in The Guardian‎:

     For reasons which are really a matter for a trainee psychoanalyst, who plays James Bond is a big thing for Spencer. To this end, he has unleashed a series of thoughts so bovine that I’ll just give you one for a little flavour.

   • 2025 February 5, “The Guardian view on Trump’s foreign policy: an alarming new order takes shape”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     The inevitable consequence of handling complex international issues with cruel and bovine simplicity is to spread fear, uncertainty and instability.

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名詞

bovine (plural bovines)

1. An animal of a family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.

   Hypernyms: bovid < ungulate < mammal < vertebrate < animal < organism < creature

   1. (often specifically) An animal of the subfamily Bovinae.

      Hypernyms: bovid < ungulate < mammal < vertebrate < animal < organism < creature

      Coordinate terms: caprid, caprine, ovine, cervine, cervid, equid, equine

      Near-synonyms: cattle beast, cattlebeast, cow