Peacock
['piːkɒk] or ['pikɑk]
解釋/意思:
(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.
錄入:罗兰--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
埃弗雷特編輯
解釋/意思:
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.
錄入:奥维尔
娱乐性解釋/意思:
For persons dreaming of peacocks, there lies below the brilliant and flashing ebb and flow of the stream of pleasure and riches, the slums of sorrow and failure, which threaten to mix with its clearness at the least disturbing influence. For a woman to dream that she owns peacocks, denotes that she will be deceived in her estimate of man's honor. To hear their harsh voices while looking upon their proudly spread plumage, denotes that some beautiful and well-appearing person will work you discomfort and uneasiness of mind.
手打:莫林
例句/造句/用法:
- He bought Mr. Peacock's practice, which, they say, is worth eight or nine hundred a-year. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Heron has described how a pied peacock was eminently attractive to all his hen birds. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The very port and gait of a swan, or turkey, or peacock show the high idea he has entertained of himself, and his contempt of all others. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Wery fresh,' replied Sam; 'me and the two waiters at the Peacock has been a-pumpin' over the independent woters as supped there last night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Mr. Pickwick took up his hat, and repaired to the Peacock, but Mr. Winkle had conveyed the intelligence of the fancy-ball there, before him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Make me a peacock with this bread-crumb. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Don't be a peacock. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- First, Peacock did not send her shoes home. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- You didn't know me, but I knew two friends of yours that were stopping at the Peacock at Eatanswill, at the time of the election. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Peacock, you know, lived in a much smaller house than this. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The view is so lovely, and I like to feed the peacocks. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
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