🇬🇧🇨🇳 bison - 野牛 : English Lesson

Meaning of "bison" ("野牛"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A bison is a huge, shaggy animal with big curved horns and a hump on its shoulders. It looks like a giant, wild, extra-furry cow and usually lives in wide, grassy places where it can roam and eat lots of grass.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The bison’s fur was so fluffy that a bird landed on him and used him as a moving couch.

At the zoo, the bison looked at us like we were the ones in the cage, and he was doing the people-watching.

The bison sneezed so loudly that three squirrels fell out of a nearby tree in shock.

If a bison had a diary, today’s entry would be: “Ate grass. Stared at humans. Still fluffy.”

A bison can run up to about 35 miles per hour—so that giant, furry “cow” is faster than most kids on the playground.

A child watched a bison graze on the wide grass. The bison lifted its head, horns shining, then shuddered its heavy fur. Two bison moved across the plain. One bison stopped and sniffed the child’s jacket. The child felt brave and very small beside it. The child laughed and waved; the bison slowly wandered away.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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