cowboy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++cow·boy /ˈkaʊbɔɪ/ ●●○ noun [countable] 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 English 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
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 Dictionarycowboycow‧boy /ˈkaʊbɔɪ/ noun [countable] British English informal someone who is dishonest in business or does bad quality work, usually because they want to make money quicklycow·boy nounChineseSyllable
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cowboy
cow‧boy /ˈkaʊbɔɪ/
noun [countable]
1. in the US, a man who rides a horse and whose job is to care for cattle
2. British English someone who is dishonest in business, or who produces very bad quality work:
a firm of cowboy builders
3. cowboys and Indians a game played by children who fight while pretending to be cowboys and Native Americans
cow‧boy /ˈkaʊbɔɪ/
noun [countable]1. in the US, a man who rides a horse and whose job is to care for cattle
2. British English someone who is dishonest in business, or who produces very bad quality work:
3. cowboys and Indians a game played by children who fight while pretending to be cowboys and Native Americans
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