rooster
英 ['ru?st?]
美['rust?]
- n. 公雞；狂妄自負的人
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詞態變化
復數:?roosters;
助記提示
1. roost => rooster.
中文詞源
rooster 公雞
來自 roost,棲息，-er,表物。后用于委婉語代指 cock,公雞，因該詞賦予了過多的粗俗俚語義。
英文詞源
- rooster (n.)
- 1772, agent noun from roost (v.); earlier roost cock, c. 1600, in sense of "the roosting bird." Favored in the U.S. originally as a puritan alternative to cock (n.) after it had acquired the secondary sense "penis" (and compare roach).
雙語例句
- 1. The rooster chased me across the dirt floor of the barn.
- 公雞追著我跑過谷倉的泥土地面。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The rooster's crow woke me.
- 公雞的啼叫聲把我吵醒了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The rooster bristled his crest.
- 公雞豎起了雞冠.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. The rooster flew up to a big rock and began to crow.
- 公雞飛上大石頭，開始鳴叫。
來自辭典例句
- 5. The late moon arose before the first rooster crowed.
- 公雞未啼,下弦月已經掛在天邊.
來自辭典例句