cowboys是什么意思？

cowboys

英['kaʊbɔɪz] 美['kaʊbɔɪz]

• n. 牧牛工( cowboy的名词复数 )，牛仔，<口>冒失鬼，<口>（尤指无能的）缺德的商人；

例句

• There are too many cowboys in the business these days. 近来商界中，瞎吵胡闹的家伙太多。
• 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。
• Cowboys do a roundup of cows. 牛仔把牛赶到一起。
• 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 rodeo, cowboys and cowgirls participate in calf roping, bull or bronco riding, and steer wrestling. 在马术竞技会上, 男牛仔及女牛仔会参加的项目包括了套小牛、无鞍骑乘野马或野牛及追牛扳倒.
• This is the home of the buckaroos, cowboys who work on cattle ranches in Nevada. 它是在内华达州的牛只牧场上工作的牛仔、牧牛人的故乡.
• The Minnesota Vikings signed Herschel Walker from the Dallas Cowboys. 明尼苏达维京人队签下了来自达拉斯牛仔队的赫舍尔·沃克。
• We don't want to look like a bunch of cowboys. 我们不想看上去像一帮奸商。
• There are Bibles for every sort of person, from'seekers " to cowboys, from brides to barmen. 还有适合于各类人的《圣经》, 从 “ 探索者 ” 到牛仔, 从新娘到酒保.
• ...the American West, not the mythical, romanticized West of cowboys and gunslingers, but the real West. 美国西部，不是虚构的、充满浪漫色彩的有牛仔和枪手的美国西部，而是真正的美国西部

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• N-COUNT
  (西部电影中的)牛仔，骑马牧人
  A cowboy is a male character in a western.
  例句
  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
• N-COUNT
  (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.
• 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 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。