cow
n
1 fully-grown female of any animal of the ox family, esp the domestic kind kept by farmers to produce milk and beef 母牛(尤指奶牛和菜牛)
milking the cows 給奶牛擠奶
a herd of cows 一群母牛. =>illus 見插圖. Cf 參看 bull1 1, calf, heifer.
2 female elephant, rhinoceros, whale, etc 雌性的象、 犀牛、 鯨等. Cf 參看 bull1 2.
3 ( derog sl 諱, 貶, 俚) woman 女子
You stupid cow! 你這蠢女人!
4 (idm 習語) a sacred cow => sacred. till the `cows come home (infml 口) for a very long time; for ever 長時間; 永遠
You can talk till the cows come home
you'll never make me change my mind. 你就是說出大天來, 也休想改變我的主意.
cow v [esp passive 尤用於被動語態
Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (into sth/into doing sth) make sb do as one wants by frightening him; intimidate sb 脅迫某人(做某事); 恐嚇某人
The men were cowed into total submission. 這些人被嚇得服服貼貼.
a cowed (ie frightened and submissive) look 畏懼而順從的樣子.
?? 考研助記
湊(cow)在一起的 母牛 像形:張開嘴啃草的牛- 母牛
?? 擴展釋義
*[kau]n. 母牛, 母獸vt. 威脅【化】 母牛(放射性核素發生器的俗稱)
?? 同為「初中」詞匯
bluntadj. 鈍的,不鋒利的;遲鈍的;直率的;呆板的;
vt. 使遲鈍;使鈍;
n. 鈍的東西;小雪茄煙;