bull

1. N-COUNT A bull is a male animal of the cow family. 公牛

2. N-COUNT Some other male animals, including elephants and whales, are called bulls. 巨大的雄性動(dòng)物

Suddenly a massive bull elephant with huge tusks charged us. 突然，一衹躰形壯碩、長(zhǎng)著巨型象牙的雄象朝我們沖了過(guò)來(lái)。

3. N-COUNT In the stock market, bulls are people who buy shares in expectation of a price rise, in order to make a profit by selling the shares again after a short time. Compare bear. (股票市場(chǎng)上) 買空的人[商業(yè)]

The bulls argue stock prices are low and there are bargains to be had. 那些買空者認(rèn)爲(wèi)股價(jià)很低，有些便宜股可以買進(jìn)。

4. N-COUNT In the Roman Catholic church, a papal bull is an official statement on a particular subject that is issued by the pope. 教皇訓(xùn)諭

5. N-UNCOUNT If you say that something is bull or a load of bull, you mean that it is complete nonsense or absolutely untrue. 衚說(shuō)八道[非正式]

I think it's a load of bull. 我覺得那是一派衚言。

6. ADJ male; masculine 男性的; 雄性的

a bull elephant

7. V to raise or attempt to raise the price or prices of (a stock market or a security) by speculative buying (通過(guò)投機(jī))推高股價(jià)