| 释义 |
Definition of cowboy in English: cowboynounˈkaʊbɔɪˈkaʊˌbɔɪ 1(especially in the western US) a man who herds and tends cattle, performing much of his work on horseback. they are always playing cowboys and Indians Example sentencesExamples - He could be the last real cowboy the movies will ever see.
- He is the only son of a professional rodeo cowboy, stuntman, actor and Marine Corp. veteran.
- By no means are cowboys the only great thing about these United States.
- What he wanted, though, was to be an American cowboy.
- One long-held popular belief is that cowboys and Indians are two distinct categories.
- What do a man on an assembly line in a New York car factory and a cowboy in Montana have in common?
- A cowboy rides into town and stops at the saloon for a drink.
- On working ranches in Colorado, guests can help with the cattle alongside the cowboys and cowgirls at work.
- And I used to play, you know, running around with guns, cowboys and Indians, in the garden, like all kids did.
- Most notable among these were two series of bronzes depicting traditional Blackfeet culture and professional rodeo cowboys.
- Randolph Scott, on the other hand, was the ruggedly handsome Texan cowboy.
- But are Americans ready for a serious movie about love between gay cowboys?
- When I was a kid, I would play cowboys and Indians out back.
- She hadn't counted on a young cowboy riding up and seeing her there.
- How odd it seemed to have once played cowboys and Indians on the same rocks, then warm and white in the afternoon sun.
- The President demonstrated that he was a serious and thoughtful man, and not the Texan cowboy of tabloid cartoons.
- Would that cowboy in 1851 have a holster that looks like that?
- He was the son of Tex Ritter, one of America's favorite singing cowboys.
- Indeed he often took hours to get home in the evenings, playing cowboys and Indians with his friends.
- Near the heart of town, I spied a group of cowboys herding some cattle into a fenced-off pasture.
- His restless intellectualism curiously mirrors the expansive lives of the nomads and Australian cowboys he so much admires.
- Today's cowboys can trace their roots back to long trail drives and the following round-up.
Synonyms cattleman, cowhand, cowman, cowherd, herder, herdsman, drover, stockman, rancher in Spanish-speaking America gaucho, llanero, ranchero, vaquero North American informal cowpuncher, cowpoke, broncobuster North American dated buckaroo archaic herd 2British informal A dishonest or careless person in business, especially an unqualified one. as modifier cowboy coach firms are alleged to have flouted safety rules Example sentencesExamples - A commitment to bar cowboys from the financial arena was behind the tough investor protection laws.
- The organization warned of dotcom cowboys making up fictitious buyers to pressure businesses into signing up.
- Europeans are so much more civilised than the trigger-happy cowboys across the pond.
- They are ‘taking the gloves off’ when it comes to dealing with bogus businesses and cowboy tradesmen.
- ‘It is not the case of a cowboy firm failing to contact the Environment Agency in order to cut costs,’ he said.
- He also accused some motorists of behaving like ignoramuses and cowboys who put business in jeopardy.
- I wanted to make certain that we were going about it correctly, and not employing cowboys on our business.
- He dropped out to pursue a career as a model and was offered a part as a cowboy surfer in a US sitcom.
- Victims have described the cowboy car impounders as ‘swarthy and threatening’.
- The problem is that cowboys like this give legitimate piercers/tattooists a bad name.
- The domain name registration business has more cowboys than Texas.
- Which John Wayne will the cowboy President play?
- We need our renegade cowboy president out of office
- Elderly people were targeted by doorstep tricksters and cowboys charging extortionate sums for gardening work.
- The company was collared as part of a crackdown on cowboy limo firms with little regard for rules, regulations and passenger safety.
- Someone had re-roofed one chamber, a real cowboy job.
- The county's trading standards department has launched the site as part of a crackdown on cowboy firms.
- A former Salvation Army volunteer who preached Christian values has been exposed as a cheating cowboy builder.
- The elderly continue to be preyed upon by cowboys and other fraudsters.
- "We are not cowboy builders just there for a quick buck.
- He accepted JM Enterprises was not a cowboy company and had usually taken great care.
Synonyms cheat, swindler, fraudster, trickster, charlatan, scoundrel, rogue, rascal, unscrupulous operator incompetent, amateur, bungler, blunderer, bumbler British informal bodger
verb ˈkaʊbɔɪˈkaʊˌbɔɪ [no object]North American informal Work as a cowboy. Example sentencesExamples - Having shared the dangers of their trek on my first season cowboying, they assumed I would return.
- But before that, I'm going to go out and do a little cowboying.
- During the ‘30s he cowboyed Sonora County's rough country of rimrocks, canyons and sotols for $30 a month.
- After years of cowboying, he had been ready to settle into something that would keep him still the rest of his days.
- That horse that that kid has, they are totally responsible for it, to feed, to groom, and that's the horse they learn to cowboy on.
Phrasal Verbs Make a determined effort to overcome an obstacle or deal with a difficult situation. if the recount votes aren't to his liking, he still needs to cowboy up and let the voters' will be heard Example sentencesExamples - This would be an open attempt to get them to thinking that they need to cowboy up and put me in my place.
- The detective cowboys up to hunt down the mysterious marauder.
- Even the Texans were able to cowboy up in holding the Dolphins' defense without a sack.
- Both sides need to cowboy up.
- But a man, she thought, was supposed to endure pain, cowboy up, and not bitch about it all day long.
Definition of cowboy in US English: cowboynounˈkouˌboiˈkaʊˌbɔɪ 1A man, typically one on horseback, who herds and tends cattle, especially in the western US and as represented in westerns and novels. they are always playing cowboys and Indians Example sentencesExamples - And I used to play, you know, running around with guns, cowboys and Indians, in the garden, like all kids did.
- When I was a kid, I would play cowboys and Indians out back.
- The President demonstrated that he was a serious and thoughtful man, and not the Texan cowboy of tabloid cartoons.
- His restless intellectualism curiously mirrors the expansive lives of the nomads and Australian cowboys he so much admires.
- What he wanted, though, was to be an American cowboy.
- Would that cowboy in 1851 have a holster that looks like that?
- Today's cowboys can trace their roots back to long trail drives and the following round-up.
- He is the only son of a professional rodeo cowboy, stuntman, actor and Marine Corp. veteran.
- One long-held popular belief is that cowboys and Indians are two distinct categories.
- Near the heart of town, I spied a group of cowboys herding some cattle into a fenced-off pasture.
- He was the son of Tex Ritter, one of America's favorite singing cowboys.
- Indeed he often took hours to get home in the evenings, playing cowboys and Indians with his friends.
- On working ranches in Colorado, guests can help with the cattle alongside the cowboys and cowgirls at work.
- Most notable among these were two series of bronzes depicting traditional Blackfeet culture and professional rodeo cowboys.
- He could be the last real cowboy the movies will ever see.
- What do a man on an assembly line in a New York car factory and a cowboy in Montana have in common?
- But are Americans ready for a serious movie about love between gay cowboys?
- Randolph Scott, on the other hand, was the ruggedly handsome Texan cowboy.
- How odd it seemed to have once played cowboys and Indians on the same rocks, then warm and white in the afternoon sun.
- She hadn't counted on a young cowboy riding up and seeing her there.
- A cowboy rides into town and stops at the saloon for a drink.
- By no means are cowboys the only great thing about these United States.
Synonyms cattleman, cowhand, cowman, cowherd, herder, herdsman, drover, stockman, rancher 2British informal A person who is reckless or careless, especially when driving an automobile. Example sentencesExamples - We need our renegade cowboy president out of office
- "We are not cowboy builders just there for a quick buck.
- The elderly continue to be preyed upon by cowboys and other fraudsters.
- The company was collared as part of a crackdown on cowboy limo firms with little regard for rules, regulations and passenger safety.
- ‘It is not the case of a cowboy firm failing to contact the Environment Agency in order to cut costs,’ he said.
- The domain name registration business has more cowboys than Texas.
- He also accused some motorists of behaving like ignoramuses and cowboys who put business in jeopardy.
- Someone had re-roofed one chamber, a real cowboy job.
- A commitment to bar cowboys from the financial arena was behind the tough investor protection laws.
- He accepted JM Enterprises was not a cowboy company and had usually taken great care.
- The problem is that cowboys like this give legitimate piercers/tattooists a bad name.
- Elderly people were targeted by doorstep tricksters and cowboys charging extortionate sums for gardening work.
- Victims have described the cowboy car impounders as ‘swarthy and threatening’.
- Europeans are so much more civilised than the trigger-happy cowboys across the pond.
- The county's trading standards department has launched the site as part of a crackdown on cowboy firms.
- The organization warned of dotcom cowboys making up fictitious buyers to pressure businesses into signing up.
- I wanted to make certain that we were going about it correctly, and not employing cowboys on our business.
- He dropped out to pursue a career as a model and was offered a part as a cowboy surfer in a US sitcom.
- A former Salvation Army volunteer who preached Christian values has been exposed as a cheating cowboy builder.
- Which John Wayne will the cowboy President play?
- They are ‘taking the gloves off’ when it comes to dealing with bogus businesses and cowboy tradesmen.
Synonyms cheat, swindler, fraudster, trickster, charlatan, scoundrel, rogue, rascal, unscrupulous operator
verbˈkouˌboiˈkaʊˌbɔɪ [no object]North American informal Work as a cowboy. Sonora, Mexico, where he learned to cowboy Example sentencesExamples - That horse that that kid has, they are totally responsible for it, to feed, to groom, and that's the horse they learn to cowboy on.
- But before that, I'm going to go out and do a little cowboying.
- During the ‘30s he cowboyed Sonora County's rough country of rimrocks, canyons and sotols for $30 a month.
- Having shared the dangers of their trek on my first season cowboying, they assumed I would return.
- After years of cowboying, he had been ready to settle into something that would keep him still the rest of his days.
Phrasal Verbs Make a determined effort to overcome a formidable obstacle. Millar cowboyed up, but couldn't he have flipped the Enrique grounder to Pedro? Example sentencesExamples - The detective cowboys up to hunt down the mysterious marauder.
- But a man, she thought, was supposed to endure pain, cowboy up, and not bitch about it all day long.
- Even the Texans were able to cowboy up in holding the Dolphins' defense without a sack.
- Both sides need to cowboy up.
- This would be an open attempt to get them to thinking that they need to cowboy up and put me in my place.
|