cowboy 详细解释

cowboy

['kau.bɔi]

n.牛仔

n.[C]

1. 牧童, 牧牛人

2. (美国西部的)牛仔

He loved to see cowboy movies.

他爱看牛仔影片。

3. 【美】【俚】莽撞的人; 犯罪集团头子

The number of "cowboys" on the road is probably small, but their behavior is getting them all a bad name.

公路上横冲直撞的司机数量或许不多, 但他们的行为把他们的名声搞臭了。

4. 【俚】警察

词形变化

名词复数：cowboys

词义辨析

同义:

n.骑马牧童, 牛仔

cowpuncher  cowpoke  cow hand  buckaroo  vaquero  cowherd  cattle-herder  bronco buster  rancher  drover  gaucho  

同义参见:

traveler  driver  

英英释义

名词 cowboy:

a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

同义词：cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd

a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging

同义词：rodeo rider

someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)

补充

cowboycowboy英:[ˈkaubɔi] 美:[ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ]n.1.(美国西部的)牛仔, 牧童

例句

1. Boys used to play at cowboys and Indians.男孩们过去常常玩扮演牛仔和印第安人的游戏。 2. Your last builder must have been a right cowboy!你的上一个建筑商想必是个靠不住的家伙！ 3. cowboy films西部牛仔电影 4. A typical cowboy builder will frequently not be registered.典型的不负责任的建筑商往往不会去注册。 5. Fortunately, such cowboy firms are becoming rarer.幸运的是, 这种骗子公司越来越少了。 6. they are always playing cowboys and Indians.他们老是玩牛仔和印第安人打仗的儿童游戏。 7. a cowboy builder不老实的建筑商 8. a movie about cowboys in the old West关于早期美国西部牛仔的影片 9. He worked for several years as a cowboy on a ranch in Texas.他在得克萨斯州的一个农场当了好几年牛仔。 10. political cowboys政治牛仔 11. We've got a bunch of risk-taking cowboys running this project.我们有一群冒进的人在做这个项目。 12. cowboy diplomacy冒进的外交手段 13. He cowboyed in Texas and Oklahoma.他在得克萨斯州和俄克拉何马州当过牛仔。

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