Peacock

['piːkɒk] or ['pikɑk]

解释:

(noun.) male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots.

(noun.) European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot.

录入:罗兰--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies.

(n.) In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl.

埃弗雷特编辑

解释:

n. a large gallinaceous bird of the pheasant kind remarkable for the beauty of its plumage esp. that of its tail:—fem. Pea′hen.—v.t. to cause to strut like a peacock.—v.i. to strut about proudly.—ns. Pea′chick the young of the pea-fowl; Pea′cock-fish a variegated labroid fish; Pea′-fowl the peacock or peahen.

录入:奥维尔