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a large animal kept on farms to produce milk or beef 母牛；奶牛；菜牛；肉牛 to milk a cow 挤牛奶 cow’s milk 牛奶 a herd of dairy cows (= cows kept for their milk) 一群奶牛
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- beef
- dairy
- milch
- …
- herd
- breed
- milk
- kill
- …
- low
- moo
- chew the cud
- …
- byre
- shed
- pasture
- …
- a breed of cow
the female of the elephant, whale and some other large animals 雌象；雌鲸；大型雌性动物 - (slang, disapproving)
an offensive word for a woman 婆娘；娘儿们 - (Australian English, New Zealand English)
an unpleasant person, thing or situation 讨厌的人（或事物、情况） see also cash cow, milch cow, sacred cow
Word Originnoun Old English cū, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koe and German Kuh, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin bos and Greek bous.
Idioms
have a cow
till the cows come home
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for a very long time; forever 很长时间；永远 You can talk till the cows come home—you’ll never make me change my mind. 你就是说出大天来，也休想改变我的主意。