bovineyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[bovine 词源字典]
bovine: see beef
[bovine etymology, bovine origin, 英语词源]
bovine (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1817, from French bovin (14c.), from Late Latin bovinus, from Latin bos (genitive bovis) "ox, cow," from PIE *gwous- (see cow (n.)). Figurative sense of "inert and stupid" is from 1855.