cow
noun/kaʊ/
/kaʊ/
Idioms - a large animal kept on farms to produce milk or beef
母牛；奶牛；菜牛；肉牛 - to milk a cow
挤牛奶 - cow’s milk
牛奶 - a herd of dairy cows (= cows kept for their milk)
一群奶牛
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- beef
- dairy
- milch
- …
- herd
- breed
- milk
- kill
- …
- low
- moo
- chew the cud
- …
- byre
- shed
- pasture
- …
- a breed of cow
- to milk a cow
- the female of the elephant, whale and some other large animals
雌象；雌鲸；大型雌性动物 - (slang) an offensive word for a woman who you do not like
对你不喜欢的女人的侮辱性词语 - (Australian English, New Zealand English) an unpleasant person, thing or situation
讨厌的人（或事物、情况） see also cash cow, milch cow, sacred cow
Word Originnoun Old English cū, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koe and German Kuh, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin bos and Greek bous.
Idioms
have a cow
- (North American English, informal) to become very angry or anxious about something
暴跳如雷；焦虑不安 - Don't have a cow—it's no big deal.
别发火，没什么大不了。
- Don't have a cow—it's no big deal.
till the cows come home
- (informal) for a very long time; forever
很长时间；永远 - You can talk till the cows come home—you’ll never make me change my mind.
你就是说出大天来，也休想改变我的主意。
- You can talk till the cows come home—you’ll never make me change my mind.