單詞
cock-a-hoop
英 ['k?k?'hu:p]
美
基本信息
- adv. 得意洋洋地；自負的
- adj. 得意洋洋的
英文詞源
- cock-a-hoop
- cock-a-hoop: [16] Cock-a-hoop comes from a 16th- and 17th-century expression set the cock on the hoop ‘make merry’ – but exactly how the expression arose is not clear. One obvious interpretation is that it meant ‘put the tap on the barrel’ – that is, let the wine or beer flow freely – but it has also been suggested that hoop here means ‘measure of grain’ (a sense which originated in the 16th century), the notion being that to put a cockerel on a heap of grain implied prodigality.
雙語例句
- 1. His hands were too weak to cock his revolver.
- 他的手沒勁兒，扳不動左輪手槍的扳機。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. This was just an administrative cock-up.
- 這純粹是管理上的混亂。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The cock's breast is tinged with chestnut.
- 這只公雞胸部羽毛呈淺栗色，帶有白色細條紋。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The jury did not believe the witness'cock and bull story.
- 陪審團不相信證人的無稽之談.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The cock is crowing.
- 這只公雞正在啼鳴.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
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