cow

[US]/kaʊ/
[UK]/kaʊ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 奶牛,母牛;母獸
vt. 威脅,恐嚇
Word Forms
過去式cowed
現在分詞cowing
複數cows
過去分詞cowed
第三人稱單數cows

Phrases & Collocations

milk cow

產奶牛

cowhide

牛皮

cowbell

牛鈴

herd of cows

一羣牛

cowshed

牛舍

dairy cow

n. 奶牛;乳牛

cash cow

搖錢樹;巨大財源

cow leather

牛皮

milch cow

搖錢樹,財源;乳牛

holy cow

[俚]不會吧!;哎呀!;我的天啊(等於holy cats)

sacred cow

聖牛(印度教等的);不可修改的文稿;不可批評的人(思想或事物)

Example Sentences

The cow is dry.

母牛缺奶。

It is a cow in milk.

這是一頭出奶期中的母牛。

The cow is a ruminant.

牛是反芻動物。

this cow is a fair swine.

這頭母牛真是太討厭了。

cow parsley is perennial.

峨參是多年生的。

The cow cast a calf.

母牛早產下一頭小牛

The cow is a useful animal.

奶牛是有用的動物。

the distant tinkle of a cow bell.

遠處牛鈴的丁當聲。

be cowed into submission

被恐嚇得屈服

We drink cow's milk.

我們喝牛奶。

In India, the cow is a sacrosanct animal.

牛在印度是神聖的動物。

The cow is milking heavily.

這頭奶牛出奶率很高。

Cows and sheep are herbivores.

牛和羊是食草動物。

don't have a cow—it's no big deal.

彆着急——沒什麼大不了。

treat flatulent cows with caustic soda.

用苛性鈉治療胃腸脹氣的奶牛。

Real-world Examples

They have sea cows, like my poster.

他們這裏有海象,像我的海報中畫的那樣。

Source: Sarah and the little duckling

A normally aggressive press has been cowed.

向來態度挑釁的報業已經成爲驚弓之鳥。

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

He traded his cow for the magic bean.

他用他的牛換了魔豆。

Source: Bedtime stories for children

William Taft had a cow named Pauline.

威廉·塔夫脫有一頭名叫波林的奶牛。

Source: CNN 10 Student English January 2021 Collection

It looked like a small black cow.

它看似一頭黑色的小牛。

Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles

There are ten cows in the field.

原野上有10頭乳牛。

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

Have neither of you seen a cow?

你倆都沒見過牛嗎?

Source: Modern Family - Season 05

We have about 70 or 80 mature cows.

我們有大約70或80頭成年奶牛。

Source: VOA Standard English (Video Version) - 2021 Collection

I traded the family cow for them beans.

我用家裏的牛換了那些魔豆。

Source: Universal Dialogue for Children's Animation

The big truck missed the cow by inches.

那輛大卡車差一點撞到一頭牛。

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

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