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。...cowboy films.西部牛仔影片
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(尤指旧时北美的)牧牛工,牛仔
A cowboy is a man employed to look after cattle in North America, especially in former times.
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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 a cowboy if they run it dishonestly or are not experienced, skilful, or careful in their work.
例句
We don't want to look like a bunch of cowboys...我们不想看上去像一帮奸商。Fortunately, such cowboy firms are becoming rarer.幸运的是,这样的欺诈公司越来越少了。
英汉词典释义
n.
牧牛工,牛仔
Cowboys do a roundup of cows.牛仔把牛赶到一起。The cowboy splashed his way across the shallow stream with his cow.牧童牵着牛淌过浅溪。He traded a job in New York City for the life of a cowboy.他放弃了在纽约的工作,去过牛仔生活。Most westerns are about cowboys and Red Indians.大多数美国西部电影都是关于牛仔和红色的印第安人的。In the Wild West there were cowboys who used to hunt down any man with a price on his head.在西大荒,牛仔们曾为得到悬赏而穷追任何要追捕的对象。In his last film he starred as a cowboy.他在其最后一部影片中担任主角,扮演一位牛仔。
<口>冒失鬼,胡闹的家伙
There are too many cowboys in the business these days.近来商界中,瞎吵胡闹的家伙太多。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
2. a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging
3. someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)