rooster
英 ['ruːstə]
美['rustɚ]
- n. 公鸡；狂妄自负的人
词态变化
复数: roosters;
助记提示
1. roost => rooster.
中文词源
rooster 公鸡
来自 roost,栖息，-er,表物。后用于委婉语代指 cock,公鸡，因该词赋予了过多的粗俗俚语义。
英文词源
- rooster (n.)
- 1772, agent noun from roost (v.); earlier roost cock, c. 1600, in sense of "the roosting bird." Favored in the U.S. originally as a puritan alternative to cock (n.) after it had acquired the secondary sense "penis" (and compare roach).
双语例句
- 1. The rooster chased me across the dirt floor of the barn.
- 公鸡追着我跑过谷仓的泥土地面。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The rooster's crow woke me.
- 公鸡的啼叫声把我吵醒了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The rooster bristled his crest.
- 公鸡竖起了鸡冠.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. The rooster flew up to a big rock and began to crow.
- 公鸡飞上大石头，开始鸣叫。
来自辞典例句
- 5. The late moon arose before the first rooster crowed.
- 公鸡未啼,下弦月已经挂在天边.
来自辞典例句