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
- The anger of such a woman, at such a moment, would have cowed even him.
这样一个女人在这样一个时刻的怒火，就连他也会吓坏的。 - Rochester's manner to her becomes more gracious when she is obviously not cowed by his overbearing manner.
显然，她并未被罗切斯特那盛气凌人的样子所吓住，这时他对她的态度才变得谦和起来。 - People shouldn't allow themselves to be cowed into this.
人们不该让自己吓成这副模样。 - 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。 - 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。 - Mr Bernanke showed then that he was not cowed.
后来，伯南克表现出，他并没有被吓倒。 - He cowed his wife into obedience.
他恐吓他妻子以顺从他。 - Some see British papers 'reluctance to run the Kate photos as a sign the country's once-rambunctious tabloids have been cowed by a scandal over phone hacking and other wrongdoing, which brought public opprobrium and an ongoing media-ethics inquiry.
一些人认为，英国报纸不愿刊登凯特的照片，可以看出英国一度难以掌控的八卦小报受到了电话窃听丑闻和其他丑闻的影响，这些丑闻导致了公众对媒体的责骂，以及持续进行的媒体道德质询。 - 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 protesters refused to be cowed into submission by the army.
抗议者拒绝向军队屈膝投降。