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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

过去分词:cowed 过去式:cowed 

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.
        1. ...a cow elephant.
          雌象
      • 婆娘;娘儿们
        If someone describes a woman as acow, they dislike her and think that she is unpleasant or stupid.
        1. 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.
          1. 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。
          2. ...cowing them into submission.
            胁迫他们顺从
        2. 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.
          1. 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。
        3. See also:mad cow diseasesacred cow

        双语例句

        • 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。
        • He is not the kind of child who is likely to be cowed into submission.
          他并不是那种吓一吓就可能就范的孩子。
        • She was cowed by his intelligence.
          她被他的聪明才智给吓住了。
        • Airports and stockmarkets have been closed, but there is an urgent desire to return to normality, to carry on and not be cowed.
          飞机场和股市关闭了,但人们迫切地希望恢复正常生活,一如既往地生活下去,而不是惶恐度日。
        • I will not be cowed by the sight of my own shadow!
          我不会被我自己的影像吓到的!
        • The battle of Britain had been his first defeat, and the malignant bombing of the cities had not cowed the nation or its Government.
          大不列颠战役曾经是他第一次遇到的挫败,对城市进行的残酷轰炸没有吓倒这个国家或它的政府。
        • We can never be cowed into submission.
          我们决不会受恐吓而屈服。
        • He cowed the boy into doing something illegal.
          他威吓她要这男孩做不法之事。
        • But his investors were too trusting or too greedy to ask the right questions and US regulators were too cowed and too disorganised.
          但他的投资者们过于轻信、或过于贪婪,没能问到关键的问题;而美国的监管机构则过于懦弱,做事也太没章法。
        • Mr Bernanke showed then that he was not cowed.
          后来,伯南克表现出,他并没有被吓倒。