音标
英 /ˈkætlmən/,美 /ˈkætlmən, -ˌmæn/
核心释义
指以饲养、照料牛群为职业的男性,可译为“牧牛人”“养牛人”或“牧场主”。该词强调与牛群管理相关的生产活动,涵盖从日常照料到商业养殖的多种角色。
同义词
在不同语境中可与 cowboy(牛仔)、cowman(牧场主)、cowherd(牧牛者)等词互换,但 cattleman 更侧重养殖者身份,而非单纯的放牧人。
用法与例句
描述职业身份:
“Tell him there's a lonelyheart cattleman here.”(告诉他这儿有个征友的牧牛人)
提及行业认知:
“And any real cattleman knows that a cow can't go down stairs.”(所有真正的牧牛人都知道奶牛不会下楼梯)
商业视角描述:
“But a cattleman sees a 1,100 in seven months whether it feeds anyone or not.”(但牧场主会将293美元的投资视为七个月后价值1100美元的机会,无论牛是否被食用)
地域文化相关:
“At that time in the uncertain light of dawn that way passed curtis raidler the nueces county cattleman.”(那当儿,在熹微的晨光中,纽西斯郡的牧场主柯蒂斯·雷德勒碰巧走过)
日常场景应用:
“cattleman's will be packed when we take your family there.”(等我们带你的家人过去,那家牧牛人主题餐厅一定会爆满)
行业经验分享:
“Years of experience in the industry—and failed attempts to use technology—have convinced him that the best way to check cattle is with a man on a horse.”(多年行业经验及技术尝试的失败让他确信,检查牛群的最佳方式仍是骑马的牧牛人)
传统知识传承:
“He was an 18-year-old man, a cattle breeder.”(他是一名18岁的青年,职业是养牛者)
环境适应描述:
“A Samburu man leads his cattle out of the village and across a swath of arid land toward a water well dug into a desiccated Kenyan riverbed.”(一位桑布鲁牧牛人赶着牛群走出村落,穿过干旱地带,前往肯尼亚干涸河床中挖掘的水井)
危机应对场景:
“Yesterday I had a phone call from the man we sent our cattle away with. He is 250 miles away and he said they were all dying.”(昨天我接到电话,派去放牛的人在250英里外说牛群快不行了)
职业身份澄清:
“But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.”(他必说:“我不是先知,我是农夫,自幼便受雇养牛。”)
短语搭配
cattleman's livelihood 牧牛人生计
cattleman's association 牧场主协会
seasoned cattleman 经验丰富的牧牛人
independent cattleman 独立牧场主
文化背景
在北美西部和非洲草原等畜牧业发达地区,cattleman 是传统农业社会的重要角色,其生活方式常与骑马、牧场管理、牛仔文化相关联。现代语境中,该词也可泛指商业化养牛产业的从业者。
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