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

Mr Bernanke showed then that he was not cowed.
后来，伯南克表现出，他并没有被吓倒。
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！
He cowed them with his hard eyes like a tamer among beasts.
他以严厉的眼光吓他们，活象兽群中间的驯兽师。
His men are cowed now; he can't work miracles.
他的人现在也怕啦；他又不能制造奇迹。
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 easily cowed by people in authority.
她很容易被有权势的人吓住。
She was cowed by his intelligence.
她被他的聪明才智给吓住了。
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。
The small boy was cowed by the class bully.
那个小孩被班上那个恃强凌弱者吓唬住了。