cowed
英 [kaʊd]
美 [kaʊd]
adj. 使感到胆怯的; 自惭形秽的
v. 恐吓; 吓唬; 威胁; 胁迫
cow的过去分词和过去式
BNC.37062 / COCA.35294
牛津词典
adj.
- 使感到胆怯的；自惭形秽的
made to feel afraid and that you are not as good as sb else
柯林斯词典
- See also:He kept a few dairy cows...Dad went out to milk the cows....a herd of cows.cattle
- N-COUNT 雌性动物(如雌象、雌鲸等)
Some female animals, including elephants and whales, are calledcows.- ...a cow elephant.
雌象
- ...a cow elephant.
- 婆娘;娘儿们
If someone describes a woman as acow, they dislike her and think that she is unpleasant or stupid. - VERB 恐吓;威胁;把…吓住
If someoneis cowed, they are made afraid, or made to behave in a particular way because they have been frightened or badly treated.- The government, far from being cowed by these threats, has vowed to continue its policy.
该政府丝毫没有被这些威胁吓住，发誓要继续执行其政策。 - ...cowing them into submission.
胁迫他们顺从
- The government, far from being cowed by these threats, has vowed to continue its policy.
- PHRASE 很长时间;长期
If you say that someone can do somethinguntil the cows come home, but it will have no effect, you are emphasizing that it will have no effect even if they do it for a very long time.- You can initiate policies until the cows come home, but unless they're monitored at a senior level, you won't get results.
你可以花很长时间来制定政策，但除非高层对之进行监管，否则不会有效果。
- You can initiate policies until the cows come home, but unless they're monitored at a senior level, you won't get results.
- See also:mad cow diseasesacred cow
双语例句
- He cowed them with his hard eyes like a tamer among beasts.
他以严厉的眼光吓他们，活象兽群中间的驯兽师。 - The peasantry cannot be annihilated or even cowed by bombs.
农民不会被炸弹消灭，甚至不会被它吓倒。 - Humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness.
情绪或态度谦逊；使人想起谦让的温和甚至是牛一般的柔顺。 - He cowed the boy into doing something illegal.
他威吓她要这男孩做不法之事。 - But not everybody feels so cowed, at least in private.
但并非每个人都被吓成这样，至少私下里不是。 - The small boy was cowed by the class bully.
那个小孩被班上那个恃强凌弱者吓唬住了。 - We can never be cowed into submission.
我们决不会受恐吓而屈服。 - Now that she had practically cowed him, she would follow up her work with demands, the acknowledgment of which would make her word law in the future.
现在她既已将他吓倒，她要乘胜追击，提出她的种种要求。只要他让步接受了她的条件，那么今后她的话就成了家里的法律。 - He cowed his wife into obedience.
他恐吓他妻子以顺从他。 - She was cowed by his intelligence.
她被他的聪明才智给吓住了。