Crow

[krəʊ] or [kro]

解释:

(noun.) black birds having a raucous call.

(noun.) a Siouan language spoken by the Crow.

(noun.) the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it).

(noun.) a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana.

(verb.) express pleasure verbally; 'She crowed with joy'.

(verb.) utter shrill sounds; 'The cocks crowed all morning'.

整理:塞尔瓦托--From WordNet

解释:

(v. i.) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance.

(v. i.) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.

(v. i.) To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.

(v. i.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.

(v. i.) A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

(v. i.) The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.

(v. i.) The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.

编辑:珀西

同义词及近义词：

v. n. Boast, brag, vaunt, bluster, swagger, vapor, triumph, chuckle, exult.

切丽录入

解释:

n. a large bird generally black of the genus Corvus which includes magpies nut-crackers jays choughs &c.: the cry of a cock: a crow-bar.—v.i. to croak: to cry as a cock in joy or defiance: to boast swagger (with over):—pa.t. crew (krōō) or crowed; pa.p. crowed.—ns. Crow′-bar a large iron bar mostly bent at the end to be used as a lever; Crow′-berr′y a small creeping shrub producing small black berries; Crow′-flow′er (Shak.) perhaps the same as Crow′foot a common weed the flower of which is like a crow's foot the buttercup: crow's-foot: a number of lines rove through a long wooden block supporting the backbone of an awning horizontally; Crow′-keep′er (Shak.) a scarecrow; Crow′-quill a pen made of the quill of a crow &c. for fine writing or etching; Crow's′-bill Crow′-bill (surg.) a kind of forceps for extracting bullets &c. from wounds; Crow's′-foot one of the wrinkles produced by age spreading out from the corners of the eyes: (mil.) a caltrop; Crow's′-nest (naut.) a shelter at the top-gallant mast-head of whalers for the man on the lookout.—n.pl. Crow′-steps (see Corbie).—n. Crow′-toe (Milt.) probably the same as Crowfoot.—As the crow flies in a straight line; Eat crow or boiled crow to be forced to do something very disagreeable; Have a crow to pluck with to have something to settle with some one.

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