英式讀音 [kaʊ] 美式讀音 [kaʊ]

n. 奶牛，乳牛; 母獸; 雌（象，鯨等）; <侮辱>對女性的蔑稱;

vt. 恐嚇; 嚇唬; 威脅;

①造句：He kept a few dairy cows

翻譯：他養了幾頭奶牛。

②造句：By this time she was so cowed by the beatings that she meekly obeyed.

翻譯：這時她已經被打怕了，只得言聽計從。

翻譯：爸爸出去擠牛奶。

相關俗語

sacred cow：神聖不可侵犯

cash cow：搖錢樹

Play the lute to a cow: 對牛彈琴

The cow eating grass：老牛啃嫩草

Holy cow：（口頭語）不會吧! 哇賽!

【牛】還可以用這幾個英語單詞表示：①菜牛beef cattle; ②純種公牛pedigree bull; ③公牛bull;④母牛cow; ⑤奶牛milk cow; dairy cattle; ⑥水牛water buffalo; ⑦小牛calf.