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peacock

音標['pi:k?k] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 孔雀, 好炫耀的人
vi. 炫耀, 神氣活現地行走
相關詞組:
play the peacock

詞型變化:

形容詞:peacockish 動詞過去式:peacocked 過去分詞:peacocked 現在分詞:peacocking 第三人稱單數:peacocks 

英文解釋:

名詞 peacock:

  1. European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
    同義詞:peacock butterfly, Inachis io
  2. male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots

例句:

  1. The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail.
    麻雀看見孔雀負擔著它的翎尾,替它擔憂。
  2. Children shout when they see the peacock spread his gorgeous tail.
    當孔雀展現它華麗的尾巴時,孩子們大聲叫著。
  3. He strutted in front of me like a peacock.
    他像一隻驕傲的孔雀一樣在我前面趾高氣揚地走著。
  4. Peacocks are more beautiful than peahens.
    雄孔雀要比雌孔雀漂亮

詳細解釋:


pea.cock

n.(名詞)

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,具有頭冠,明麗的藍色綠色羽毛,長長的裝飾性後羽,帶有眼狀的彩虹般的花斑,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.
虛榮的人;愛炫耀的人
v.intr.(不及物動詞)
pea.cocked,pea.cock.ing,pea.cocks
To strut about like a peacock; exhibit oneself vainly.
招搖裝模作樣地走:像孔雀那樣大搖大擺地走動;神氣十足

來源:
Middle English pocock, pecok
中古英文 pocock, pecok
po [peacock] from Old English pawa, pôa [peafowl] from Latin p3vô [peacock]
po [孔雀] 源自 古英文 pawa, pôa [孔雀] 源自 拉丁語 p3vô [孔雀]
Middle English cok * see cock
中古英文 cok *參見 cock

【引伸】
pea.cock.ish 或
pea.cock.y
adj.(形容詞)

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