beef

一、真题好句
beef 义务阶段1500 全国卷频次:3
/biːf/
n.
牛肉
高考真题原句提选：
I’d like a plate of noodles, two chicken wings, some beef and a bowl of rice.

二、词组｜习惯用语
beef cattle 菜牛
roast beef 烤牛肉
beef up vt. 加强（增援，充实）；补充（人数， 兵力）等
ground beef 绞碎的牛肉
beef steak 牛排
minced beef n. 牛肉馅；绞碎的牛肉
beef extract n. 浓缩牛肉汁；牛肉膏
beef noodles 牛肉面；家传牛肉面；牛肉火锅面
beef jerky n. 牛肉干
dried beef 牛肉干
corned beef 咸牛肉
beef sausage 牛肉香肠
stewed beef 红烩牛肉；清炖牛肉；红煨牛肉
braised beef 焖牛肉；炖牛肉；烩牛肉
curry beef 咖喱牛肉

三、词根记忆

beef
n.
牛肉The bee paid the fee of coffee, beef and beer for the cheerful deer.蜜蜂為歡快的鹿付了咖啡,牛肉和啤酒的費用.

beef
[biːf] ,beef ‘up sth; ,beef it/them ‘up (informal)
■to make sth bigger, stronger, more interesting, etc.使较大(或强壮、有意思等)；加强…:
Security has been beefed up.
安全措施已经加强了。
The company has been trying to beef up its image.
公司一直致力于改善形象。
■[NOTE]A noun must always follow up, but a pronoun comes between the verb and up .名词必须放在up 之后，但代词放在动词和up 之间。
[G]v+adv+n ◆ v+pron+adv
‘beefed-up adj
■[only before noun] improved;made bigger, stronger, more interesting, etc.改进的；强化了的:
beefed-up security
强化的安全措施

beef / bi:f /
noun
1. [U] meat that comes from a cow
牛肉:
roast / minced beef
烤牛肉；碎牛肉
beef and dairy cattle
菜牛和奶牛
⇨ see also corned beef
2. [C] (informal) a complaint
抱怨；牢骚:
What’s his latest beef?
他最近在抱怨什么？
verb
[V] ~ (about sb / sth) (informal) to complain a lot about sb / sth
老是抱怨；大发牢骚
PHRASAL VERBS
▪ 7beef sth ↔ ‘up (informal)
to make sth bigger, better, more interesting, etc.
使更大(或更好、更有意思等)

beef1 /biːf/ ●●● S3 noun
1  [uncountable] the meat from a cow 牛肉
roast beef
烤牛肉
We have both dairy and beef cattle on the farm.
我们农场里奶牛和菜牛都有。
2  [countable] informal a complaint 牢骚，怨言
OK, so what’s the beef this time?
好了，这一次又有什么苦要诉？
3. where’s the beef? American English spoken used when you think someone’s promises sound good, but you want to know what they actually plan to do 葫芦里究竟卖什么药？→ corned beef
beef2 verb [intransitive] 1 informal to complain a lot 老发牢骚，怨声不断
beef about
They’re always beefing about something.
他们总是有这样那样的不满。
2 beef something ↔ up phrasal verb informal to improve something or make it more interesting, more important etc 加强；改进；充实
a beefed-up news story
一个内容充实的新闻报道
We need to beef the campaign up.
我们的宣传活动要加把劲儿。
Origin beef1 (1100-1200) Old French buef, from Latin bos “ox”

beef ★★☆☆☆
1.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词See also:corned beef;牛肉 Beef is the meat of a cow, bull, or ox.
…roast beef.

烤牛肉

…beef stew.

炖牛肉

…exports of beef and powdered milk.

牛肉和奶粉的出口

2.VERB 动词不断抱怨；大发牢骚 If someone beefs about something, they keep complaining about it.

【搭配模式】：no passive

【语用信息】：disapproval

【STYLE标签】：INFORMAL 非正式
Instead of beefing about what Mrs Martin has not done, her critics might take a look at what she is trying to do.

批评者不要老是抱怨马丁太太没有做什么事情，不妨看看她正要做什么事情。

Beef is also a noun.
I really don’t have a beef with Wayne.

我对韦恩真的没有什么不满的。

相关词组：
beef up

1 beef /ˈbiːf/ noun
plural beefs
1
[noncount] : meat from a cow牛肉
a pound of beef
一磅牛肉
ground beef
绞碎的牛肉
I’m not eating as much beef as I used to.
我现在吃牛肉比以前少了。
— often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
the beef industry
牛肉加工业
beef stew [=a stew made with beef] 炖牛肉
2
[count] informal : complaint
My real beef is with the organization’s president, not the group itself.
我真正不满的是这个组织的领导人，而不是组织本身。
What’s your beef?
你有什么不满？
3
[noncount] informal : muscles肌肉
a football player with a lot of beef and brawn [=a very muscular football player] 肌肉发达的橄榄球运动员
2 beef /ˈbiːf/ verb
beefs; beefed; beefing [no object] informal
: complain
She’s always beefing about something.
她总是为一些事情发牢骚。
beef up [phrasal verb] beef (something) up or beef up (something) informal
: to add weight, strength, or power to (something)增加；增大；加强
Security around the city will be beefed up during the event.
盛会期间，城市周边的安全措施会得到加强。
The medicine helps beef up the immune system.
这种药有助于增强免疫系统。