cow 1 S2 / kaʊ / 名词 [可数名词]

1 a large female animal that is kept on farms and used to produce milk or meat → bull

2 a male or female animal of this type → bull :

a herd of cows

3 the female of some large animals, such as the elephant or the whale → bull

4 British English spoken not polite an offensive word for a woman who you think is stupid or unpleasant

5 have a cow informal to be very angry or surprised about something

6 till the cows come home informal for a very long time, or for ever

→ cash cow , mad cow disease , sacred cow

COLLOCATIONS

types of cow

dairy cows (= kept for their milk ) He keeps a herd of dairy cows.

beef cows (= kept for their meat ) They are a well-known breed of beef cow.

动词

milk a cow (= get the milk from a cow ) Once a day, the cows are brought in to be milked.

a cow moos (= makes a long low sound ) I could hear cows mooing in the barn.

a cow grazes (= eats the grass ) Cows were grazing peacefully in the meadows.

a cow calves (= produces a calf, a young cow ) At this time of year the cows are calving.

短语

a herd of cows (= a group that are together somewhere ) We had to wait while a farmer brought a herd of cows across the bridge.