peacock
音标['pi:kɒk]
汉语翻译
n. 孔雀, 好炫耀的人
vi. 炫耀, 神气活现地行走
相关词组:
play the peacock
vi. 炫耀, 神气活现地行走
相关词组:
play the peacock
词型变化
形容词:peacockish 动词过去式:peacocked 过去分词:peacocked 现在分词:peacocking 第三人称单数:peacocks
英语解释
名词 peacock:
- European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot同义词：peacock butterfly, Inachis io
- male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots
例句
- The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail.麻雀看见孔雀负担着它的翎尾，替它担忧。
- Children shout when they see the peacock spread his gorgeous tail.当孔雀展现它华丽的尾巴时，孩子们大声叫着。
- He strutted in front of me like a peacock.他像一只骄傲的孔雀一样在我前面趾高气扬地走着。
- Peacocks are more beautiful than peahens.雄孔雀要比雌孔雀漂亮。
详细解释
pea.cock
n.（名词）
A male peafowl, distinguished by its crested head, brilliant blue or green plumage, and long modified back feathers that are marked with iridescent eyelike spots and that can be spread in a fanlike form.雄孔雀：雄性孔雀，具有头冠，明丽的蓝色或绿色羽毛，长长的装饰性后羽，带有眼状的彩虹般的花斑，可展成扇形A peafowl, either male or female.孔雀：孔雀，雄性的或雌性的孔雀A vain person; a dandy.虚荣的人；爱炫耀的人v.intr.（不及物动词）pea.cocked,pea.cock.ing,pea.cocks To strut about like a peacock; exhibit oneself vainly.招摇，装模作样地走：像孔雀那样大摇大摆地走动；神气十足
来源：Middle English pocock, pecok 中古英语 pocock, pecok po [peacock] from Old English pawa, pôa [peafowl] from Latin p3vô [peacock] po [孔雀] 源自 古英语 pawa, pôa [孔雀] 源自 拉丁语 p3vô [孔雀] Middle English cok * see cock 中古英语 cok *参见 cock
【引伸】
pea.cock.ish 或
pea.cock.y
adj.（形容词）
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