plural of ox, it is the only true continuous survival in Modern English of the Old English weak plural. OED reports oxes occurs 14c.-16c., "but has not survived."
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Every farmer knows how to yoke the oxen together.
每個(gè)家民都知道怎樣把牛拴在一起.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. Ploughs are pulled by tractors, or in some countries by oxen.