| 单词 | cow |
| 释义 | cow (once / 171 pages) 1n 2n 3v If it lives on a farm, makes a mooing sound, and produces milk, it is probably a cow. Most people would immediately identify a cow, the large, cud-chewing female of what is known as "cattle." Cows are typically domesticated farm animals, though the females of wilder bovine relatives are also called cows. The verb form of cow, "to frighten or subdue," comes from the docile nature of most cows — they are fairly easy to intimidate, or easily cowed. The Old English root is cu, from the Indo-European gwous, which might have developed from the sound that cows make. WORD FAMILYcow: cowed, cowing, cows+/cows: cowses USAGE EXAMPLES“I milked cows for I don’t know how many years by hand, then we finally got a milking machine,” she said. The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016) Savile used his fame to gain access to children and then cow them into silence. Reuters(Dec 01, 2016) Cows graze between the houses, and in the distance you can see the first of the mighty mountains of the Alps. The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1n female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term" Syn|Hypo|Hyper moo-cow springer, springing cow a cow about to give birth heiferyoung cow Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age 2n mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull' 2Hyper eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials n a large unpleasant woman 3Hyper disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman a woman who is an unpleasant person v subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) Syn|Hypo|Hyper overawe buffalo intimidate or overawe awe inspire awe in |
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