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    sacred cow

    英式

    • n.
      an idea, custom, or institution held to be above criticism (with reference to the Hindus' respect for the cow as a holy animal)

    • noun: sacred cow, plural noun: sacred cows

    • 釋義

    名詞

    • 1. an idea, custom, or institution held to be above criticism (with reference to the Hindus' respect for the cow as a holy animal) the sacred cow of monetarism the British diet remains a sacred cow
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    sacred cow

    • IPA[ˈsākrid ˌkou]

    美式

    • n.
      an idea, custom, or institution held, especially unreasonably, to be above criticism (with ... the sacred cow of monetarism the British diet remains a sacred cow

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