beef
I.beef1 S3 /biːf/ BrE AmE noun
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: buef, from Latin bos 'ox']
1. [uncountable] the meat from a cow:
roast beef
We have both dairy and beef cattle on the farm.
2. [countable] informal a complaint:
OK, so what’s the beef this time?
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
⇨ ↑corned beef
II.beef2 BrE AmE verb [intransitive]
informal to complain a lot
beef about
They’re always beefing about something.
beef something ↔ up phrasal verb informal
to improve something or make it more interesting, more important etc:
a beefed-up news story
We need to beef the campaign up.
beefhu| ◎ | [bi:f] | | ※ | danh từ, số nhiều beeves | | | ■ | thịt bò | | | ■ | (số nhiều) bò nuôi để làm thịt | | | ■ | sức mạnh, thể lực; bắp thịt (người) | | | ■ | (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) lời phàn nàn, lời than vãn | | ※ | động từ | | | ■ | (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) phàn nàn, than vãn | | | ■ | (quân sự) tăng cường |
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