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cowboy是什么意思，cowboy怎么读

cowboy基本信息

读法：英 ["kaʊbɒɪ] 美 ["kaʊbɔɪ]

释义：

  • n. 牛仔；牧童；莽撞的人

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    星级词汇：★

    英英释义

    Noun:

  • a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
  • a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging
  • someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)

    • 中英词源

    cowboy 牛仔

    来自cow和boy的组合词。

    cowboy (n.)
    1725, "boy who tends to cows," from cow (n.) + boy. Sense in Western U.S. is from 1849; in figurative use by 1942 for "brash and reckless young man" (as an adjective meaning "reckless," from 1920s). Cowhand is first attested 1852 in American English (see hand (n.)). Cowpoke (said to be 1881, not in popular use until 1940s) was said to be originally restricted to the cowboys who prodded cattle onto railroad cars with long poles.

    词态变化

    复数 cowboys;

    权威造句

    1. He had sought work as a cowboy, rounding up cattle.
    他找了一份放牛的差事，负责把牛赶到一起。

    来自柯林斯例句

    2. Fortunately, such cowboy firms are becoming rarer.
    幸运的是，这样的欺诈公司越来越少了。

    来自柯林斯例句

    3. He wore frayed jeans and cowboy shirts.
    他穿着磨破的牛仔裤和牛仔衬衫。

    来自柯林斯例句

    4. The cowboy splashed his way across the shallow stream with his cow.
    牧童牵着牛淌过浅溪.

    来自《简明英汉词典》

    5. In his last film he starred as a cowboy.
    他在其最后一部影片中担任主角,扮演一位牛仔.

    来自《简明英汉词典》

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    近反义词

  • cowboy hat 牛仔帽
  • cowboy suit 儿童牛仔装
  • cowboy boot 牛仔靴
  • drugstore cowboy 在杂货店和其它公共场...
  • a drugstore cowboy 在杂货店里闲逛的人...

    • 相似短语

  • cowboy suit n. 儿童牛仔装
  • cowboy boot phr. 牛仔靴
  • cowboy hat n. 牛仔帽, 宽边高呢帽
  • flame pattern cowboy boots 火焰式牛仔靴

    • 单词分析

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    记忆方法

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