crow
n. 烏鴉; (像雄雞的)啼叫聲
v. (公雞)打鳴; 對…洋洋自得; 歡叫
A crow is a large black bird which makes a loud, harsh noise.
When a cock crows, it makes a loud sound, often early in the morning.
The cock crows and the dawn chorus begins.
雄雞報曉,鳥兒歡叫。
If you say that someone is crowing about something they have achieved or are pleased about, you disapprove of them because they keep telling people proudly about it.
Edwards is already crowing about his assured victory...
愛德華茲已經在為自己確定無疑的勝利自鳴得意了。
We've seen them all crowing that the movement is dead.
我們看到他們所有人都為那場運動的覆滅而洋洋自得。
If someone crows, they make happy sounds or say something happily.
She was crowing with delight...
她歡呼雀躍。
'I'm not sure I've ever driven a better lap,' crowed a delighted Irvine.
“我想這也許是我開得最棒的一圈,”歐文高興地歡呼道。
If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line.
I live at Mesa, Washington, about 10 miles as the crow flies from Hanford.
我住在華盛頓的梅薩,到漢福德的直線距離約為10英里。
1. black birds having a raucous call
2. the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
3. an instance of boastful talk;
1. dwell on with satisfaction
2. express pleasure verbally;
3. utter shrill sounds;
boast, brag, crow, pride
這些動詞均含有"自誇,吹噓"之意。
eat crow
(北美, 非正式)被迫認輸;被迫承認失敗
as the crow flies
沿直線地
I saw a man leveling a gun at a crow.
我看見一個人正用槍瞄準一隻烏鴉.
The Crow people were based in the Bighorn Mountains.
克勞人的基地在洛基山羊山.
The crow croaked disaster.
烏鴉呱呱叫預報災難.
The cock had a strange habit. It did not crow at dawn, but at midnight.
這隻公雞有個怪習慣, 不在黎明啼叫, 而在半夜裡叫.
The rooster's crow woke me.
公雞的啼叫聲把我吵醒了.