cow
$ \mathrm{cow}^1 |kou|
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noun
a fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, used as a source of milk or beef:
雌牛(めうし), 乳牛(↔ ox, bull1); (オス・メスを問わず)ウシ (!家畜として集合的に表す場合はcattle)
e.g. a dairy cow. See cattle.
(loosely) a domestic bovine animal, regardless of sex or age.
ウシ (!雌雄に関係なく総称的に)
(in farming) a female domestic bovine animal that has borne more than one calf. Compare with heifer.
the female of certain other large animals, for example elephant, rhinoceros, whale, seal, or reindeer.
(象・クジラなど大型動物の)雌(↔ bull1)
informal, derogatory a woman, especially a fat or stupid one:
⦅英俗・けなして⦆ (だらしない, いやな)女
e.g. what does he see in that cow?
PHRASES
have a cow
North American informal become angry, excited, or agitated:
e.g. don't have a cow—it's no big deal.
till the cows come home
informal for an indefinitely long time:
e.g. those two could talk till the cows came home.
ORIGIN
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.
$ \mathrm{cow}^2 |kou|
verb with object (usually be cowed)
cause (someone) to submit to one's wishes by intimidation:
⦅かたく⦆ (暴力・脅迫などで)〈人〉を脅す (!しばしば受け身で) ; 〖be ~ed into A/doing〗 脅されてAになる[…させられる](intimidate)
e.g. the intellectuals had been cowed into silence.
ORIGIN
late 16th century: probably from Old Norse kúga ‘oppress’.