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
- We picked the corn by hand and we fed it to the hogs and the cows
我们用手掰下玉米，把它喂给猪和牛吃。 - 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。 - Each family possesses at least three milk cows.
每家至少有3头奶牛。 - Dad went out to milk the cows.
爸爸出去挤牛奶。 - We have no milk to sell; the cows have dried up.
奶牛没奶了；我们没有牛奶可卖。 - 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。 - 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。 - Across the road, in the pasture, the horses, mules and cows stood quietly with heads over the split-rail fence, waiting to be driven to the stables and supper.
路那边的牧场上，马儿、骒子和奶牛头伸出篱笆安静地站在那儿，等着被赶到马厩用晚餐。 - In the natural course of events cows would wish to be milked more than twice a day
按照事情发展的自然规律，母牛每天应该挤奶两次以上。