2023年8月13日 星期日

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“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.
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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. 1.2
    2. short for calfskin
  • 2A floating piece of ice detached from an iceberg.

  1. C子牛(⇒oxveal);U子牛の皮,カーフスキン(calfskin
  2. 1aC(ゾウ・アザラシ・クジラなど哺乳動物の)子,幼獣
  3. 2C((略式))無器用で愚かな若者
  4. 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).



    1. 1.1 An unworthy or inappropriate object of worship, typically wealth.
      ‘we were led astray by the seductions of the golden calf’
cow

NOUN


  • 1A fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, kept to produce milk or beef.
    ‘a dairy cow’
    1. 1.1 (loosely) a domestic bovine animal, regardless of sex or age.
    2. 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.
  • 2informal An unpleasant or disliked woman.
    ‘what does he see in that cow?’
    1. 2.1NZ, Australian An unpleasant person or thing.





cash cow


NOUN

informal 
  • A business, investment, or product that provides a steady income or profit.


cash cow
((略式))もうかる商品[事業,部門],ドル箱,金のなる木




cow2



VERB

[WITH OBJECT]
  • Cause (someone) to submit to one's wishes by intimidation.
    ‘the intellectuals had been cowed into silence’

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