“My father now sits behind bars...for running a business that refused to be cowed by Beijing,” writes Sebastien Lai. “His incarceration spells danger for every free-thinking person in the city” https://econ.st/47pGdkw
Illustration: Delphine Lee
A mother giraffe caring for her newborn baby calf.
( George Skadding, 1945/LIFE Picture Collection)
The world’s most valuable company isn't Apple, Amazon or Google. That title instead belongs to Saudi Aramco. This is the story of how an oil company that started out as an American dream became Saudi Arabia's cash cow https://trib.al/dB0VZEM
The six calves, who had been separated from their parents, were trapped in a muddy pit for days.
calf1
NOUN
- 1A young bovine animal, especially a domestic cow or bull in its first year.‘a heifer calf’1.1 The young of some other large mammals, such as elephants, rhinoceroses, large deer and antelopes, and whales.
- 1.2
- short for calfskin
- 2A floating piece of ice detached from an iceberg.
- C子牛(⇒ , );U子牛の皮,カーフスキン( )
- 1aC(ゾウ・アザラシ・クジラなど哺乳動物の)子,幼獣
- 2C((略式))無器用で愚かな若者
- 3C(氷山などからの)分離氷塊
golden calf
NOUN
- 1(in the Bible) an image of gold in the shape of a calf, made by Aaron in response to the Israelites' plea for a god while they awaited Moses' return from Mount Sinai, where he was receiving the Ten Commandments (Exod. 32).
9當梅瑟走近營幕的時候,見了那牛犢,看見人歌舞,遂大發憤怒,把兩塊石版由手中拋出,摔碎在山下。 20隨後拿過他們所造的牛犢,投在火中焚燒,搗成細末,撒在水面上,叫以色列子民喝。~32 出谷記
- 1.1 An unworthy or inappropriate object of worship, typically wealth.‘we were led astray by the seductions of the golden calf’
NOUN
- 1A fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, kept to produce milk or beef.‘a dairy cow’
- 1.1 (loosely) a domestic bovine animal, regardless of sex or age.
- 1.2 (in farming) a female domestic bovine animal which has borne more than one calf.Compare with heifer.3 The female of certain other large animals, for example elephant, rhinoceros, whale, or seal.
- 1.1 (loosely) a domestic bovine animal, regardless of sex or age.
- 2informal An unpleasant or disliked woman.‘what does he see in that cow?’
- 2.1NZ, Australian An unpleasant person or thing.
NOUN
informal- A business, investment, or product that provides a steady income or profit.
cash cow
VERB
[WITH OBJECT]- Cause (someone) to submit to one's wishes by intimidation.‘the intellectuals had been cowed into silence’
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