a cash cow

/ə ˈkæʃ ˌkaʊ/NEUTRAL · C1
中文對應近似對應
搖錢樹
字面意思: «現金乳牛»

意思

a reliable source of profit

穩定的賺錢來源.

例句

  1. 1The parking business became a cash cow, earning steady profits with little extra investment.
  2. 2They used their most reliable product as a cash cow to fund new research.
  3. 3That old software is a cash cow: yearly subscriptions still generate enormous profits.
  4. 4Why close a cash cow that earns enough to support the entire business?
  5. 5The rental property is a cash cow, generating reliable monthly profits rather than sitting idle as a reserve.

文法

可數名詞片語。單數時要加冠詞,複數時 cow 變為 cows。

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