cowboys

英 [ˈkaʊbɔɪz]

美 [ˈkaʊˌbɔɪz]

n.  (美国西部的)牛仔; (美国西部影片中的)牛仔; (尤指产品质量差或索价太高的)奸商
cowboy的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (西部电影中的)牛仔，骑马牧人
  Acowboyis a male character in a western.
  1. Boys used to play at cowboys and Indians.
     男孩们过去常玩西部牛仔与印第安人的游戏。
  2. ...cowboy films.
     西部牛仔影片
• (尤指旧时北美的)牧牛工，牛仔
  Acowboyis a man employed to look after cattle in North America, especially in former times.
• N-COUNT 奸商;粗心大意的商人;无经验的商人
  You can refer to someone who runs a business as acowboyif they run it dishonestly or are not experienced, skilful, or careful in their work.
  1. We don't want to look like a bunch of cowboys...
     我们不想看上去像一帮奸商。
  2. Fortunately, such cowboy firms are becoming rarer.
     幸运的是，这样的欺诈公司越来越少了。

双语例句

• My gang left me in the desert. I felt like all the other Cowboys hated my guts.
  我的同伙把我扔在沙漠里，我感觉所有的牛仔都恨我入骨。
• Let's play cowboys and Indians.
  我们来玩西部牛仔和印地安人。
• Cowboys and Hollywood films.
  牛仔和好莱坞电影闻名。
• "I rode horses with cowboys, talked with them and observed many things in details," Lee said.
  我和牛仔们一起骑马，和他们聊天，同时观察一些不易察觉的细微片段。
• She was a cheerleader for the Dallas cowboys.
  她是达拉斯牛仔队的啦啦队队长。
• The cowboys say they have had no racial problems and get on well with their neighbors.
  但这群牛仔却表示，他们没有任何种族的问题，他们和当地居民的关系处的不错。
• Lassos are used particularly by cowboys to catch cattle and horses.
  套索是牛仔专门用来捕捉牛和马的。
• Send me Halloween with the little witches, ghosts, cowboys and pirates.
  把万圣节，连同那些小女巫、鬼魂、牛仔和海盗一起寄给我。
• In Denver Colorado you may see some real cowboys.
  在科罗拉多州的丹佛你可以看到真正的牛仔。
• With a loop large enough to go over theelk's antlers, the ski cowboys lasso their prey.
  借助足以绕过麋鹿角的大套圈，雪橇上的牛仔套住了自己的猎物。