cow

noun

/kaʊ/

Idioms

a large animal kept on farms to produce milk or beef母牛；奶牛；菜牛；肉牛
- to milk a cow挤牛奶
- cow’s milk牛奶
- a herd of dairy cows (= cows kept for their milk)一群奶牛
compare bull, calf, heifer see also cattleTopics Animalsa1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- beef
- dairy
- milch
- …
… of cows
- herd
verb + cow
- breed
- milk
- kill
- …
cow + verb
- low
- moo
- chew the cud
- …
cow + noun
- byre
- shed
- pasture
- …
phrases
- a breed of cow
the female of the elephant, whale and some other large animals雌象；雌鲸；大型雌性动物 see also sea cow compare bull
(slang, disapproving) an offensive word for a woman婆娘；娘儿们
- You stupid cow!你这蠢婆娘！
- That interfering old cow has never liked me.那个爱管闲事的老牛一直不喜欢我。
(Australian English, New Zealand English) an unpleasant person, thing or situation讨厌的人（或事物、情况）

see also cash cow, milch cow, sacred cow

词源noun Old English cū, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koe and German Kuh, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin bos and Greek bous.

Idioms

have a cow

(North American English, informal) to become very angry or anxious about something暴跳如雷；焦虑不安
- Don't have a cow—it's no big deal.别发火，没什么大不了。

till the cows come home

(informal) for a very long time; forever很长时间；永远
- You can talk till the cows come home—you’ll never make me change my mind.你就是说出大天来，也休想改变我的主意。

verb

/kaʊ/

[usually passive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they cow	/kaʊ/ /kaʊ/
he / she / it cows	/kaʊz/ /kaʊz/
past simple cowed	/kaʊd/ /kaʊd/
past participle cowed	/kaʊd/ /kaʊd/
-ing form cowing	/ˈkaʊɪŋ/ /ˈkaʊɪŋ/

to frighten somebody in order to make them obey you恐吓；吓唬；威胁；胁迫 synonym intimidate
- be cowed (by somebody/something) She was easily cowed by people in authority.她很容易被有权势的人吓住。
- Two judges have refused to be cowed by pressure from the government.两名法官拒绝被政府的压力吓倒。
- be cowed into (doing) something They were wrong if they thought she could be cowed into submission by threats.如果他们认为她会向威胁低头，那他们就错了。
词源verb late 16th cent.: probably from Old Norse kúga ‘oppress’.