cowed的中文翻译是什么意思

cowed

UK/kaʊd/

vt. 恐吓(cow的过去式与过去分词形式)

adj. 使感到胆怯的;自惭形秽的

cowed柯林斯释义

N-COUNT母牛;奶牛;(有时统称)牛

A cow is a large female animal that is kept on farms for its milk. People sometimes refer to male and female animals of this species as cows .

  • He kept a few dairy cows...

    他养了几头奶牛。

  • Dad went out to milk the cows.

    爸爸出去挤牛奶。

N-COUNT雌性动物(如雌象、雌鲸等)

Some female animals, including elephants and whales, are called cows .

  • ...a cow elephant.

    雌象

N-COUNT婆娘;娘儿们

If someone describes a woman as a cow, they dislike her and think that she is unpleasant or stupid.

    VERB恐吓;威胁;把…吓住

    If someone is 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

    PHRASE很长时间;长期

    If you say that someone can do something until 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。

    cowed英文释义

    Adjective

    1. frightened into submission or compliance

      cowed场景例句

      She was cowed by his intelligence.

      她被他的聪明才智给吓住了.

      People were again cowed into subjugation.

      民众也在恐吓逼迫下再度屈从.

      One of the men sipped from a glass of water, looking wary but not cowed.

      其中一个人吸了瓶子里装的水, 看起来机警而不懦弱.

      I will not be cowed into forsaking my beliefs.

      我不会因为被恐吓而放弃自己的信仰.

      Poetry, like schoolboys, by too frequent and severe corrections , may be cowed into Dullness.

      诗苟多改痛改, 犹学童常遭塾师扑责, 积威之下,易成钝儿.

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