| 单词 | cash cow | 
| 释义 | > as lemmascash cow   cash cow  n. colloquial (a sector of) a business which provides a steady cash flow, esp. one considered as an attractive take-over target. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > 			[noun]		 > source of revenue?a1439 revenuable1610 sponge1625 plum tree1893 trough1906 cash cow1975 1975    Forbes 15 Feb. 55/1  				For a while, the fire and casualty companies were great cash cows for their acquirers. 1986    Economist 13 Sept. 75/3  				He had called Dairy Farm the company's ‘cash cow’ and its steady turnover had sustained the group's cash flow through Hong Kong's property slump from 1981 to 1983. < as lemmas  | 
	
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