cow
US: /ˈkaʊ/
UK: /kˈaʊ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
cow /kau/- danh từ
- bò cái
- to milk the cow: vắt bò sữa
- milking cow: bò sữa
- a cow eith (in) calf: bò chửa
- voi cái; tê giác cái; cá voi cái; chó biển cái
- cows and kisses
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) đàn bà con gái
- till the cow comes home
- mãi mãi, lâu dài, vô tận
- I'll be with you till the cow comes home: tôi sẽ ở lại với anh mãi mãi
- bò cái
- ngoại động từ
- doạ nạt, thị uy, làm cho sợ hãi
- a cowed look: vẻ mặt sợ hãi
- doạ nạt, thị uy, làm cho sợ hãi
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 a large female animal kept on farms to produce milk or beef: cow's milk + a herd of dairy cows (= cows kept for their milk)
Compare: BULL, CALF, HEIFER
See also -
2 the female of the elephant, WHALE and some other large animals
Compare: BULL
3 (slang, disapproving) an offensive word for a woman: You stupid cow! + That interfering old cow has never liked me.
See also -
Idioms: till the cows come home (informal) for a very long time; for ever: You can talk till the cows come home-you'll never make me change my mind.
+ verb [VN] [usually passive] to frighten sb in order to make them obey you
Synonym: INTIMIDATE
She was easily cowed by people in authority.
Collocation
ADJ.
beef | dairy, milch
(often figurative)
| sacred
(often figurative) the sacred cow of free market economics
QUANT.
herd
VERB + COW
breed | milk
COW + VERB
low, moo | chew the cud, graze | calve
The cow had difficulties calving.
COW + NOUN
byre, shed
(also
cowshed
)
| dung, manure, muck, pat
(also
cowpat
)
| bell
PHRASES
a breed of cow
Concise dictionary
cows|cowed|cowingkaʊnoun
+female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"
+mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'
+a large unpleasant woman
verb
+subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)
