A Holstein-Friesian steer in western Australia stands head and shoulders above its competition ― literally.

澳大利亚西部有这么一只黑白花阉牛，毫不夸张地说，每当它站起来都能体验傲视群雄的感觉。

Holstein-Friesian：黑白花奶牛

Steer：阉牛

Literally：毫不夸张地说，逐字地。

Knickers, a 7-year-old steer who lives on a farm near Lake Preston, is a whopping 6 feet, 4 inches tall. That makes this behemoth bovine about 1.5 feet taller than other steers, and he weighs twice as much.

7岁大的阉牛名叫裤衩，生活在Preston湖边的农场。由于身高达6英尺4英寸，使得这个庞然大物比其他阉牛要高出1.5英尺，体重也是同伴的两倍。

Knicker：短裤

Whopping：巨大的，庞大的。

Behemoth：巨兽

Bovine：牛科动物

Although Knickers could be turned into 4,000 hamburger patties, owner Geoff Pearson says he has no plans to lead him to the slaughterhouse.

尽管裤衩可以被做成4000分汉堡肉饼，但主人Geoff Pearson却表示并没有把它送往屠宰场的计划。

Slaughterhouse：屠宰场

He was too big for the usual processing, Pearson told media. “We have a high turnover of cattle, and he was lucky enough to stay behind.”

Pearson在接受媒体采访时表示，对于常规操作流程来说它体积过大。“我们在养牛方面的营业额很高，所以非常幸运它可以暂时逃过一劫。”

Turnover：营业额

Pearson told the BBC that Knickers’ name was a result of guilt by association.

Pearson还告诉BBC，之所以起“裤衩”这个名字其实都是同伴惹的祸。

“When he was young, when we first got him, we had a Brahman steer which was a friend of his. So his name was Bra... so we [had] Bra and Knickers,” Pearson said. “We never thought he would turn into a big Knickers.”

“当我们刚得到它的时候还是头小牛，那时我们有另外一头阉牛名叫Brahman，是它的朋友。既然朋友的名字是‘胸罩’（Bra）……那干脆就配成胸罩和裤衩吧，”Pearson表示。“不过我们从没想过它会长成一条大裤衩。”

Turn into：变成

Knickers might have a case to be eventually declared Australia’s biggest steer, but he’s a relative small fry compared to Bellino, a Chianina ox in Italy that stands 6 feet, 7 inches, according to Guinness World Records.

裤衩也许有理由成为澳大利亚体积最大的阉牛，不过与意大利的契安尼娜公牛Bellino相比，还是显得有些娇小。根据吉尼斯世界纪录，Bellino高达6英尺7英寸。

A small fry：无足轻重的人

But what Knickers lacks in size, he makes up for in sheer steer popularity, based on the reaction from the internet.

尽管在体积上有所差距，但从网络反映来看，它的受欢迎程度完全可以弥补身材的不足。

Sheer：完全

Although Knickers survived the slaughterhouse, he’s not getting a free ride at Pearson’s farm. Instead, he helps out by leading other cattle around the place.

虽然裤衩逃过了屠宰场一劫，可也并不意味着它就能在Pearson的农场上自由徜徉。相反，它通过引导其他同伴来为主人出力。

Help out：帮助……摆脱困难

“You’ll put him in a paddock and all the other cattle seem to get attracted to him, Whenever he wants to get up and start walking, there’s a trail of hundreds of cattle following him. We all know when Knickers is on the move.”

“只要把它放在一个小牧场里其他所有牛都会被吸引。每次它起身走路，就会有数百头牛跟在身后。所以每次裤衩走动的时候我们都能知道。”

Pacdock：小牧场

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