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

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。
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。
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。
Now that she had practically cowed him, she would follow up her work with demands, the acknowledgment of which would make her word law in the future.
现在她既已将他吓倒，她要乘胜追击，提出她的种种要求。只要他让步接受了她的条件，那么今后她的话就成了家里的法律。
People shouldn't allow themselves to be cowed into this.
人们不该让自己吓成这副模样。
The protesters refused to be cowed into submission by the army.
抗议者拒绝向军队屈膝投降。
Mr Bernanke showed then that he was not cowed.
后来，伯南克表现出，他并没有被吓倒。
The anger of such a woman, at such a moment, would have cowed even him.
这样一个女人在这样一个时刻的怒火，就连他也会吓坏的。
She was cowed by his intelligence.
她被他的聪明才智给吓住了。