cows
英 [kaʊz]
美 [kaʊz]
n. 母牛; 奶牛; 菜牛; 肉牛; 雌象，雌鲸(及某些大型雌性动物); 婆娘; 娘儿们
v. 恐吓; 吓唬; 威胁; 胁迫
cow的第三人称单数和复数
柯林斯词典
- See also:He kept a few dairy cows...Dad went out to milk the cows....a herd of cows.cattle
- N-COUNT 雌性动物(如雌象、雌鲸等)
Some female animals, including elephants and whales, are calledcows.- ...a cow elephant.
雌象
- ...a cow elephant.
- 婆娘;娘儿们
If someone describes a woman as acow, they dislike her and think that she is unpleasant or stupid. - VERB 恐吓;威胁;把…吓住
If someoneis cowed, they are made afraid, or made to behave in a particular way because they have been frightened or badly treated.- The government, far from being cowed by these threats, has vowed to continue its policy.
该政府丝毫没有被这些威胁吓住，发誓要继续执行其政策。 - ...cowing them into submission.
胁迫他们顺从
- The government, far from being cowed by these threats, has vowed to continue its policy.
- PHRASE 很长时间;长期
If you say that someone can do somethinguntil the cows come home, but it will have no effect, you are emphasizing that it will have no effect even if they do it for a very long time.- You can initiate policies until the cows come home, but unless they're monitored at a senior level, you won't get results.
你可以花很长时间来制定政策，但除非高层对之进行监管，否则不会有效果。
- You can initiate policies until the cows come home, but unless they're monitored at a senior level, you won't get results.
- See also:mad cow diseasesacred cow
双语例句
- As soon as they smelled grass, the cows broke into a trot.
牛群一闻到青草的芳香，就开始慢跑起来。 - They estimated that between 17,000 and 20,000 cows would die before the epidemic had run its course
他们估计在流行病结束之前会有17,000到20,000头牛死去。 - Farm-workers milked cows by hand.
农场工人用手挤牛奶。 - Milk comes from cows or other animals.
奶是由奶牛或其他动物提供的。 - I milked the cows on the farm.
i榨干了奶牛对农场。 - They raise dairy cows, hogs and chickens, too.
他们还饲养奶牛、猪和鸡。 - Many farmers in this area breed cows and sheep.
这个地区许多农民养牛和羊。 - Dad went out to milk the cows.
爸爸出去挤牛奶。 - He kept a few dairy cows
他养了几头奶牛。 - It was by analogy that "cows" came to replace "kine".
通过类推，cows才渐渐替代kine。