cows

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n.  母牛; 奶牛; 菜牛; 肉牛; 雌象，雌鲸(及某些大型雌性动物); 婆娘; 娘儿们
v.  恐吓; 吓唬; 威胁; 胁迫
cow的第三人称单数和复数

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  1. See also: He kept a few dairy cows... Dad went out to milk the cows. ...a herd of cows. cattle
  2. N-COUNT 雌性动物(如雌象、雌鲸等)
    Some female animals, including elephants and whales, are called cows .
    1. ...a cow elephant.
      雌象
  3. 婆娘;娘儿们
    If someone describes a woman as a cow, they dislike her and think that she is unpleasant or stupid.
    1. VERB 恐吓;威胁;把…吓住
      If someone is cowed, they are made afraid, or made to behave in a particular way because they have been frightened or badly treated.
      1. 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。
      2. ...cowing them into submission.
        胁迫他们顺从
    2. PHRASE 很长时间;长期
      If you say that someone can do something until the cows come home, but it will have no effect, you are emphasizing that it will have no effect even if they do it for a very long time.
      1. 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。
    3. See also: mad cow disease sacred cow
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    双语例句

    1. When his cows calve each year he keeps one or two calves for his family.
      他的母牛每年产犊时，他都给自家留上一两头。
    2. In the natural course of events cows would wish to be milked more than twice a day
      按照事情发展的自然规律，母牛每天应该挤奶两次以上。
    3. They estimated that between 17,000 and 20,000 cows would die before the epidemic had run its course
      他们估计在流行病结束之前会有17,000到20,000头牛死去。
    4. He kept a few dairy cows
      他养了几头奶牛。
    5. Dad went out to milk the cows.
      爸爸出去挤牛奶。
    6. 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。
    7. We picked the corn by hand and we fed it to the hogs and the cows
      我们用手掰下玉米，把它喂给猪和牛吃。
    8. The gadget is used to artificially inseminate cows.
      这个器具被用来为母牛实施人工授精。
    9. Farm-workers milked cows by hand.
      农场工人用手挤牛奶。
    10. The cows 'rumps were marked with a number.
      奶牛的臀部标着一个数字。
    11. Before silos were invented, cows gave less milk during winter because they had no green grass to eat.
      筒仓发明前，因为没有青草可以吃，奶牛在冬天产奶量减少。
    12. They said that the total number of cows dying from BSE would be twenty thousand
      他们说患疯牛病死亡的牛的总数将达2万头。
    13. Cows yield milk.
      奶牛产奶。
    14. Each family possesses at least three milk cows.
      每家至少有3头奶牛。
    15. Cows were roaming the grassland.
      乳牛在草地上徘徊。
    16. Cows were grazing in the field.
      牛在野外吃草。
    17. As soon as they smelled grass, the cows broke into a trot.
      牛群一闻到青草的芳香，就开始慢跑起来。
    18. Many farmers in this area breed cows and sheep.
      这个地区许多农民养牛和羊。
    19. Milk comes from cows or other animals.
      奶是由奶牛或其他动物提供的。
    20. He drove cows into the house.
      他把母牛赶进屋。
    21. Across the road, in the pasture, the horses, mules and cows stood quietly with heads over the split-rail fence, waiting to be driven to the stables and supper.
      路那边的牧场上，马儿、骒子和奶牛头伸出篱笆安静地站在那儿，等着被赶到马厩用晚餐。
    22. We have no milk to sell; the cows have dried up.
      奶牛没奶了；我们没有牛奶可卖。
    23. She is milking the cows.
      她正给奶牛挤奶。
    24. The children used to be allowed on the farm, but they've been warned off since one of them let the cows out.
      那些孩子们过去常被允许进入农场，但自从其中的一个孩子把牛放跑后，便不让他们进去了。
    25. It was by analogy that "cows" came to replace "kine".
      通过类推，cows才渐渐替代kine。
    26. I am at the farm. I see some animals. They're goats and cows.
      我在农场。我看到了一些动物。他们是山羊和奶牛。
    27. We have lots of dairy herds, dairy cows.
      我们拥有许多乳牛群和奶牛。
    28. They raise dairy cows, hogs and chickens, too.
      他们还饲养奶牛、猪和鸡。
    29. I milked the cows on the farm.
      i榨干了奶牛对农场。
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