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

• After changing clothes in our sod house, we look like real American cowboys or cowgirls.
  在我们的草皮屋里换好衣服后，我们看起来就像是真正的美国牛仔或女牛仔。
• As the ranchers and cowboys of Sager's generation age, who will be left to do their jobs?
  随着与赛吉尔同一年代的牧场主和牛仔渐渐老去，他们的工作将来会由谁来做呢？
• 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。
• These jeans don't have a zipper. Cowboys and Boy Scouts wear handkerchiefs.
  这些牛仔裤没有拉链。牛仔和童子军围头巾。
• 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。
• They were preceded by mounted cowboys.
  他们前面是骑马的牛仔们。
• Cowboys drove covered wagons and rode horses, lassoing cattle.
  牛仔们有的赶着大篷车，有的骑着马，抛套索捕牛。
• I placed a bet on the Cowboys to win this game.
  我下了一注赌这场比赛牛仔队会赢。
• "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。
• We don't want to look like a bunch of cowboys
  我们不想看上去像一帮奸商。