cow
noun
uk/kaʊ/us/kaʊ/cownoun(ANIMAL)
A1[C]
alargefemalefarmanimalkepttoproducemeatandmilk:
母牛，奶牛adairycow奶牛
Most of theseranchersown only own abulland about twenty cows.
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afemaleormalebovine(= ananimalfrom thecattlegroup):
There has been a lot ofresearchintodiseaseinfarmanimalssuch as cows,pigs, andchickens.
[C]
theadultfemaleof alargemammalsuch as anelephant, awhale, or aseal:
a cowelephant母象
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- Wewatchedthe cowsucklinghercalves.
- Thefarmercalled thevetout totreatasickcow.
- The cows weregrazingin themeadow.
- Wevisitedadairyfarmandsawthe cows beingmilked.
- A cow goes "moo" and adoggoes "bow-wow".
- Thislargeelkherdnumbersabout 1,400bulls, cows, andcalves.
Names for the male & female of animals
- billy goat
- bitch
- boar
- boomer
- buck
- bull
- bullock
- cob
- drake
- drone
- ewe
- gelding
- mare
- nanny goat
- sow
- stag
- stallion
- steer
- tigress
- tom
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Cattle & similar animals
cownoun(WOMAN)
[C]UKoffensive
anoffensiveword for a womanconsideredunkindorunpleasant:
He washeardtocallher "astupidcow".
cownoun(UNPLEASANT THING)
[S]Australian Englishinformal
somethingdifficultorunpleasant:
难办的事；讨厌的事情It's beenacowof aday.真是令人难受的一天。
Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a hard/tough row to hoeidiom
- a rough rideidiom
- abyss
- adversity
- atyourworstidiom
- Augean
- bad hair day
- emergence
- epidemic
- genie
- hardness
- have a bumpy rideidiom
- havesomeoneover a barrelidiom
- rabbit hole
- reversal
- rigour
- rollercoaster
- the Augean Stablesidiom
- the hard wayidiom
- vortex
Idioms
have a cow
till/until the cows come home
cow
verb[Tusually passive]
uk/kaʊ/us/kaʊ/tofrightensomeone into doing something, usingthreatsorviolence:
（以威胁或暴力）使害怕，吓唬，恐吓Theprotestersrefusedto be cowedintosubmissionby thearmy.抗议者拒绝向军队低头。
Frightening and scaring
- chillsomeoneto the bone/marrowidiom
- creep
- curdle
- daylight
- dreadful
- fearmonger
- flesh
- ghoulish
- jump scare
- makesomeone'sblood curdleidiom
- makesomeone'sblood run coldidiom
- makesomeone'shair stand on endidiom
- makeyourflesh crawl/creepidiom
- scare
- scaresomeoneshitlessidiom
- scaremongering
- send
- send chills down/upsomeone'sspineidiom
- send shivers down/upsomeone'sspineidiom
- shiver