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.
  1. ...a cow elephant.
     雌象
• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. ...cowing them into submission.
     胁迫他们顺从
• 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.
  1. 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。
• See also:mad cow diseasesacred cow

双语例句

• I milked the cows on the farm.
  i榨干了奶牛对农场。
• They said that the total number of cows dying from BSE would be twenty thousand
  他们说患疯牛病死亡的牛的总数将达2万头。
• 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。
• When his cows calve each year he keeps one or two calves for his family.
  他的母牛每年产犊时，他都给自家留上一两头。
• Each family possesses at least three milk cows.
  每家至少有3头奶牛。
• The cows 'rumps were marked with a number.
  奶牛的臀部标着一个数字。
• I am at the farm. I see some animals. They're goats and cows.
  我在农场。我看到了一些动物。他们是山羊和奶牛。
• We have lots of dairy herds, dairy cows.
  我们拥有许多乳牛群和奶牛。
• 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。
• It was by analogy that "cows" came to replace "kine".
  通过类推，cows才渐渐替代kine。