cow
英 [kaʊ]
美[kaʊ]
- n. 奶牛，母牛；母兽
- vt. 威胁，恐吓
词态变化
复数: cows;第三人称单数: cows;过去式: cowed;过去分词: cowed;现在分词: cowing;
中文词源
cow 奶牛
来自PIE*gwous, 低声嚎叫，拟声词，词源同bovine.
英英释意
- 1. female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"
- 2. mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'
- 3. a large unpleasant woman
英文词源
- cow
- cow: English has two completely distinct words cow. The commoner, ‘female of cattle’ [OE], is a word of very ancient ancestry. It goes back via West and North Germanic *kōuz to a hypothetical Indo-European *gwōus, which was also the source of Latin bōs (from which English gets bovine, beef, and bugle, not to mention Bovril). In modern English its plural is cows, but Old English cū had an anomalous plural, cy, which in the remodelled form kine survived dialectally into the 20th century. The other cow, ‘intimidate, daunt’ [17], probably comes from Old Norse kúga ‘oppress’.
=> beef, bovine, bugle - cow (n.)
- Old English cu "cow," from Proto-Germanic *kwon (cognates: Old Frisian ku, Middle Dutch coe, Dutch koe, Old High German kuo, German Kuh, Old Norse kyr, Danish, Swedish ko), earlier *kwom, from PIE *gwou- "cow, ox, bull" (cognates Sanskrit gaus, Greek bous, Latin bov-, Old Irish bo, Latvian guovs, Armenian gaus "cow," Slovak hovado "ox"), perhaps ultimately imitative of lowing (compare Sumerian gu, Chinese ngu, ngo "ox"). In Germanic and Celtic, of females only; in most other languages, of either gender. Other "cow" words sometimes are from roots meaning "horn, horned," such as Lithuanian karve, Old Church Slavonic krava. Compare kine.
- cow (v.)
- "intimidate," c. 1600, probably from Old Norse kuga "oppress," which is of unknown origin, but perhaps having something to do with cow (n.) on the notion of easily herded. Related: Cowed; cowing.
同义词辨析
ox, bull, cow, buffalo
这些名词均有"牛"之意。
ox： 泛指野生或驯养的牛类，系动物学的用词，通称，也指公牛。
bull： 指未经阉割，通常用于配种的公牛，也指西班牙或美洲经专门饲料用作斗牛表演的公牛。引申指彪形大汉。
cow： 指任何品种的成年母牛或乳用的乳牛。
buffalo： 指水牛，在美国指野牛。
考试真题
- After it fell asleep they loaded the cow into a horse trailer.
2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
- At other times the cow wandered around the 526 acre park and the artificial grass field normally used for human sporting events.
2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
- However, the cow then moved through one of the nets knocking down a police officer in the process.
2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
- In November 2016, Jude Sparks, now 10, was on an outing with his family near their New Mexico home, when he tripped over what he thought was a cow bone.
2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C
- It was not clear where the cow came from or how it got lost.
2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
- New York city police captured a cow on the loose in Prospect Park on Tuesday after the animal became an attraction for tourists while walking along the streets and enjoying the park facilities.
2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
- Police eventually trapped the cow between two vehicles parked on either side of a baseball field's bench area.
2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
- One acre of farmland use to for raising cows can produce 250 pounds of beef.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
- Efforts like painting eyes on cow butts may seem crazy at first, but they could make actual headway in the fight for conservation.
2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A
- Researchers in Australia have been devising and testing a method of trickery to make lions think they are being watched by the painted eyes on cow butts.
2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A
- But now a study has found it really does help people nod off—if it is milked from a cow at night.
2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- Luckily, he also had a cow which produced milk every day.
2015年高考英语广东卷 语法填空 原文
- Now it occurred to him that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.
2015年高考英语广东卷 语法填空 原文
- One day, the cow was eating grass when it began to rain heavily.
2015年高考英语广东卷 语法填空 原文
- The cow was their only means of support, in fact.
2015年高考英语广东卷 语法填空 原文
- The study, by researchers from seoul, south korea, involved mice being fed with dried milk powder made from cows milked both during the day and at night.
2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- Then the Johnson had to make a living without the cow.
2015年高考英语广东卷 语法填空 原文
- While the effect of cows milk harvested at different time has not been tested on humans up to now, taking melatonin drugs has been suggested to those who are struggling to fall asleep at night.
2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
词组搭配
have a cow
(N. Amer. informal)become angry, excited, or agitated
(北美，非正式)生气；激动；焦虑
don't have a cow—it's no big deal.
别着急——没什么大不了。
till the cows come home
(informal)for an indefinitely long time
(非正式)长时间地；没完没了地
those two could talk till the cows came home.
这两个人可以没完没了地聊下去。
till the cows come home【非正式用语】
For a long time; indefinitely
长时间地；无限期地
The guests stayed till the cows came home.
客人们作长时间的逗留
实用场景例句
- cow's milk
- 牛奶
牛津词典
- a herd of dairy cows (= cows kept for their milk)
- 一群奶牛
牛津词典
- You stupid cow!
- 你这蠢婆娘！
牛津词典
- Don't have a cow─it's no big deal.
- 别发火，没什么大不了。
牛津词典
- She was easily cowed by people in authority.
- 她很容易被有权势的人吓住。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He kept a few dairy cows...
- 他养了几头奶牛。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Dad went out to milk the cows.
- 爸爸出去挤牛奶。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a cow elephant.
- 雌象
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...cowing them into submission.
- 胁迫他们顺从
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Familiar with FA procedure and testing standards.
- 熟悉FA流程和测试标准.
期刊摘选
- The farmer lassoed the cow.
- 农民用套索捕牛.
《简明英汉词典》
- My dad spent $ 500 on a new coat and my mom had a cow.
- 我爸爸花了500美元买了一件外套,妈妈顿时气不打一处来.
《简明英汉词典》
- The cow is milking heavily.
- 这头奶牛出奶率很高.
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- The cowboy splashed his way across the shallow stream with his cow.
- 牧童牵着牛淌过浅溪.
《简明英汉词典》
- The farmer felt the cow, went away, returned, sorely perplexed, always afraid of being cheated.
- 那农民摸摸那头牛, 走了又回来, 犹豫不决, 总怕上当受骗.
《简明英汉词典》
- You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk.
- 不能既想卖乳牛,又想喝牛奶.
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- His nose told him that he was getting near the cow shed.
- 他的嗅觉告诉他,他正走近牛棚.
《简明英汉词典》
- It is a cow in milk.
- 这是一头出奶期中的母牛.
《简明英汉词典》
- We watched the cow suckling her calves.
- 我们看了奶牛如何给小牛喂奶.
《简明英汉词典》
- It's the farmer's best cow. she gives lots of milk.
- 那是这位农夫最好的母牛, 因为它可以产很多奶.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- A cow will yield several gallons of milk each day.
- 一头母牛每天产几加仑的牛奶.
《简明英汉词典》
- There was absolute mayhem when the cow got into the village hall.
- 那牛闯进村会议厅,造成一片混乱.
《简明英汉词典》
- A driver was killed in a freak accident when a cow fell from a bridge.
- 一名司机在一起由一头奶牛掉下桥而引起的怪异事故中丧生了.
《简明英汉词典》
- The cow had broken its tether and was in the cornfield.
- 那头牛弄断系绳,跑到玉米田里去了.
《简明英汉词典》
- The young bull horned the old cow out of the herd.
- 小公牛用角把老母牛从牛群中顶了出去.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The cow is a ruminant.
- 牛是反刍动物.
《简明英汉词典》
- The cow slinked its calf.
- 那头母牛早产了一头小牛犊
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