cow
要点雌牛
意味
- 雌牛,乳牛
- (鯨・象・サイなどの)雌
- …をおどす
例文
I give the cows hay, and midday's work is over.
牛に乾草をやって、昼の仕事はおわりです。
The cow missed being hit by a gnat's whisker.
牛は間一髪のところで衝突をまぬがれた。
We will be able to raise cows and sheep, too.
羊や牛を育てることもできるだろう。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Inherited from Middle English cow, cou, from Old English cū (“cow”), from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz (“cow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”). Cognate with Sanskrit गो (go), Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Persian گاو (gâv)), Latvian govs (“cow”), Proto-Slavic *govędo (Serbo-Croatian govedo, Russian говядина (govjadina, “beef”), Scots coo (“cow”), North Frisian ko, kø (“cow”), West Frisian ko (“cow”), Dutch koe (“cow”), Low German Koh, Koo, Kau (“cow”), German Kuh (“cow”), Danish and Swedish ko (“cow”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk ku (“cow”), Faroese kúgv (“cow”), Icelandic kýr (“cow”), Latin bōs (“ox, bull, cow”) (whence English beef), Armenian կով (kov,…
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