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cock-a-hoop

音標['kɔkə'hu:p] 讀音

漢語翻譯


a. 得意洋洋
ad. 得意洋洋地

英文解釋:

形容詞 cock-a-hoop:

  1. exhibiting self-importance
    同義詞:boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, big, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising

例句:

  1. She's cock-a-hoop about getting the job.
    她為得到這份工作而自鳴得意。

詳細解釋:


cock-a-hoop

adj.(形容詞)
Being in a state of boastful elation or exultation.
自鳴得意的:處於自負的得意洋洋或狂喜狀態
Being askew.
吹噓的

來源:
From the phrase to set cock on hoop [to drink festively]
源自片語 to set cock on hoop [歡樂地喝]

【引伸】
cock.-a-hoop.
adv.(副詞

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