| 释义 |
- crows
- crowing
- crowed/crew
- crowed
vi- ① (公鸡)啼叫,喔喔作声
- The cock crowed again.公鸡又啼叫了。
- ② (婴儿)作欢笑声
- The baby crowed with pleasure and put out her fat little hands.那女婴儿发出快乐的格格声,并伸出胖胖的小手。
- ③ 欢呼;得意扬扬,(向敌人)夸耀胜利
- He's crowing about his success.他以自己的成功为傲。
- The winning team crowed over its victory.优胜队因胜利而得意扬扬。
n- ① 乌鸦(★crow为乌鸦的总称,大型者叫raven,中型者叫crow,小型者叫jackdaw, rook;英国的crow,通常指carrion crow,在美国没有;乌鸦一般被视为报凶兆之鸟;其鸣声为caw或croak)
短语- as the crow flies
- The village is about twelve miles from here, as the crow flies.该村离此处以直线算大约十二英里。
- eat crow
- ① 【美口】被迫做令人羞惭或讨厌的事;忍受屈辱;被迫认错
- It looks like I was wrong, and I'm going to have to eat crow.看来我是错了,我将只好自己认错。
- have a crow to pluck with a person
- ① 【口】有一件非与某人争论不可的事;有一件不愉快的事须与某人交涉
- The tenants in this building have a crow to pluck with the landlord.这幢房子的房客有事要与房东交涉。
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