cowboy

Word family

Related topics: Occupations, Agriculture

cow·boy /ˈkaʊbɔɪ/ noun [countableC]

1. BOTAin the US, a man who rides a horse and whose job is to care for cattle 〔美国的〕骑马牧人，牛仔

2 DISHONEST British EnglishBrE someone who is dishonest in business, or who produces very bad quality work 奸商，低劣产品的制造商

a firm of cowboy builders

一家不诚实的建筑商

3. cowboys and Indians DGOa game played by children who fight while pretending to be cowboys and Native Americans 牛仔与印第安人〔一种儿童游戏〕

Examples from the Corpus

cowboys and Indians• A small price to pay for a game of cowboys and indians.

Examples from the Corpus

cowboy• He'd been working as a cowboy on a Utah ranch.• A cowboy crooner sings softly on one side of the room.• A cowboy does his work 100 miles from anybody.• He took off his wellingtons and put on his cowboy boots.• I used to take out my gun and play cowboys in the dark.• In the land of the cowboy you might expect beef to be an unfailingly popular dish.• The cowboys loved me, ha ha!

From Longman Business Dictionary