cattle prod

短语

n. 牛刺；赶牛棒

词形变化

cattle prods 复数 cattle prods 三单 cattle prodding 现在分词 cattle prodded 过去式 cattle prodded 过去分词

别名

cattle-prod

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A stick designed to goad cows, steers, and similar animals in order to prompt them to move in a desired direction, now usually electrified to administer a stimulating shock to the animal.

  2. 2.

    Something used to goad or push someone to act.

    比喻
v.
  1. 1.

    To goad or push someone to act.

    比喻 及物

    (They cattle prodded people trying to get them to move, but to no avail.)

    (The website locks streams at highest resolution to cattle prod users to pay higher bandwidth fees.)