calve

UK:  [kɑːv]

US:  [kæv]

过去分词：calved  现在分词：calving  第三人称单数：calves  

v.

1.产犊;分离出

2.生(小牛、小鹿等)

3.(牛、鲸、鹿等)产(仔)

4.(冰河、冰块等)分离,崩解

1 . Global warming is forcing ice shelves to calve, producing icebergs like this monolith jutting into the waters of the Antarctic Peninsula.
全球变暖使冰架崩塌，分离成尖突石块形状的冰山，漂浮在南极半岛的水域中。

2 . They found that wearing a pair of shoes shortened fibres in their calve muscles as the heel of the foot was elevated.
他们发现穿着一双根部很高的鞋会缩短他们小腿肌肉中的纤维。

3 . The February 2011 earthquake provided the final pulse of energy to calve off ice than had been about to break off anyway.
2011年2月这次地震的发生，是这处于消融中的冰川最终走向崩解的一个转折。

4 . Fissure lines near the edge show where the next iceberg may calve.
冰层边缘上的裂纹预示着那里将分裂产生一个新冰山。

5 . Their bulls never fail to breed; their cows calve and do not miscarry.
他们的公牛孳生而不断绝。母牛下犊而不掉胎。