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.

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.
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
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。
See also:mad cow disease sacred cow

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。
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。
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。
We can never be cowed into submission.
我们决不会受恐吓而屈服。
The smaller boys were cowed by the class bully.
般里年龄较小的男生被那个小霸王吓倒了。
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 by the sight of my own shadow!
我不会被我自己的影像吓到的！
Mr Bernanke showed then that he was not cowed.
后来，伯南克表现出，他并没有被吓倒。
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。