cow

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n. 母牛, 母兽 vt. 威胁

发音

US /kaʊ/
UK
US /kʰæʊː/
其它 /kuː/

词形变化

cows 复数 cattle 复数 kye 复数 kine 复数 cowed cowing cows 三单 cows cowing 现在分词 cowed 过去式 cowed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

威胁，恐吓

to frighten someone in order to make them do something

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.

    可数 不可数

    The whole herd is out to pasture right now — the cows, calves, and heifers are out back, and the bulls are down by the creek.

  2. 2.

    Any member of the species Bos taurus that is not of a bucking breed or fighting breed, regardless of sex or age, including steers and calves.

    牛

    可数 非正式 不可数

    We saw lots of cows at the farm show, including some surprisingly gigantic bulls.

  3. 3.

    Beef: the meat of cattle as food.

    不可数 可数

    The only meat I eat is cow.

  4. 4.

    Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.

    母兽

    母牛

    牛乸

    牛母

    牛嫲

    雌牛

    牛娘

    可数 不可数 生物
  6. 6.

    A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.

    爱尔兰 英国 可数 贬义 非正式 不可数
  7. 7.

    A chock: a wedge or brake used to stop a machine or car.

    可数 不可数 商务 采矿
  8. 8.

    A third-year cadet at West Point.

    美国 可数 俚语 不可数 政治 军事

    Colonel Red Reeder, West Point Second Classman An assistant manager, wearing the stripes of a cadet corporal, walked up to Coach Smith. Clint knew him, a Cow from B-l. What had he done to become so outstanding that the Tacs made him a corporal?

  9. 9.

    A fish that is very large for its species, such as a large striped bass or large bluefin tuna.

    可数 俚语 不可数
  10. 1.

    A chimney cowl.

    英国 方言
  11. 1.

    LFBOT: Synonym of luminous fast blue optical transient.

    天文
v.
  1. 1.

    To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of.

    恐吓

    及物

    Con artists are not cowed by the law.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

moo cow

上位词 6

cattle cows oxen eutherian kine placental

下位词 3

springer heifer springing cow

部分词 3

bag poll udder
动词

同义词 1

overawe

上位词 1

awe

下位词 1

buffalo

相关短语

mad cow disease n. 狂牛病, 牛绵状脑病 cow corner cow shot cow hitch cow tipping cow pie 牛粪 cow pies cow parsley 峨参；饰带花（原产欧洲, 开小白花） cow shots cow pat cow milk cow parsleys cow juice cow patty cow patties

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Germanic *kōz Proto-West Germanic *kō Old English cū Middle English cow English cow Inherited from Middle English cow, cou, from Old English cū (“cow”), from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz (“cow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”). Cognate with Sanskrit गो (go), Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Persian گاو (gâv)), Latvian govs (“cow”), Proto-Slavic *govędo (Serbo-Croatian govedo, Russian говядина (govjadina, “beef”), Scots coo (“cow”), North Frisian ko, kø (“cow”), West Frisian ko (“cow”), Dutch koe (“cow”), Low German Koh, Koo, Kau (“cow”), German Kuh (“cow”), Swedish ko (“cow”), Norwegian ku (“cow”), Icelandic kýr (“cow”), Latin bōs (“ox, bull, cow”) (whence English beef), Armenian կով (kov, “cow”). Doublet of beef. The plural kine is from Middle English kyne, kyn, kuin, kiin, kien (“cows”), either a double plural of Middle English ky, kye (“cows”), equivalent to modern kye + -en, or inherited from Old English cūna (“cows', of cows”), genitive plural of cū (“cow”).

来源：wiktionary