crow
英 [krəʊ] 美 [kroʊ]

n.

乌鸦；雄鸡的啼声；

vi.

公鸡啼鸣，报晓；欢呼；（尤指在其他人不成功时）扬扬自得地夸口；

变形

复数：crows过去式：crowed过去分词：crowed现在分词：crowing第三人称单数：crows

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]乌鸦 a large shiny black bird with a loud cry
2. [C]雄鸡的啼声 the cry of a cock

v.(动词)

1. vi. 公鸡啼鸣 make the cry of a cock
2. vi. (婴儿)欢叫 (of a baby) make sounds showing pleasure

英英释义

crow[ krəu ]

• n.
  • black birds having a raucous call
  • the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
  • a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana
  • a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo

    同义词：Corvus

  • an instance of boastful talk

    同义词：bragbraggingcrowingvaporingline-shootinggasconade

  • a Siouan language spoken by the Crow
• v.
  • dwell on with satisfaction

    同义词：gloattriumph

  • express pleasure verbally

    "She crowed with joy"

  • utter shrill sounds

    "The cocks crowed all morning"

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)介词+～

• as the crow flies笔直的

词组短语

eat crow丢脸；被迫收回自己说的话

as the crow flies笔直地

crow about吹嘘

同近义词辨析

pride, boast, brag, crow

这组词都有“自夸，吹嘘”的意思，其区别是：

pride与boast的意义较接近，指炫耀、夸口，自鸣得意，常与反身代词连用。

boast普通用词，指对自己所做的事，自己的长处、财富以及家庭等的夸耀，常含言过其实的意味。

brag非正式用词，其夸耀和吹嘘意味强于boast，到了过分夸大，有时令人讨厌的地步。

crow多指大声吵嚷地吹嘘，夸耀自己做某事比他人做得好。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. The crow is a bird of ill omen.
   乌鸦是不祥的预兆。
2. He gets up at the crow of the rooster every day.
   他每天鸡鸣即起。

用作动词(v.)

1. It was dawn, and I could hear a cock crowing somewhere.
   天亮了,我听到从某处传来雄鸡的报晓声。
2. The rooster flew up to a big rock and began to crow.
   公鸡飞上大石头,开始鸣叫。
3. He is the kind of person who always crows about his success.
   他是那种总是夸耀自己成功的人。
4. You should not crow over a defeated enemy.
   你不应该在被你击败的敌手面前洋洋得意。

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