英汉词典

cock 基本解释

• n. 公鸡；龙头；雄鸟；头目
• vt. 使竖起；使耸立；使朝上
• vi. 翘起；竖起；大摇大摆
• n. (Cock)人名；(英、西、瑞典)科克

cock 词态变化

cock 中文词源

来自PIE*keuk, 鸡叫声，词源同chicken.

cock 英文词源

cock

cock: [OE] The word cock is probably ultimately of onomatopoeic origin, imitative of the male fowl’s call (like the lengthier English cock-adoodle- doo [16], French coquerico, and German kikeriki). Beyond that it is difficult to go with any certainty; it reflects similar words in other languages, such as medieval Latin coccus and Old Norse kokkr, but which if any the English word was borrowed from is not clear.

It has been suggested that it goes back to a Germanic base *kuk-, of which a variant was the source of chicken, but typical Old English spellings, such as kok and kokke, suggest that it may have been a foreign borrowing rather than a native Germanic word – perhaps pointing to Germanic coccus. The origin of the interconnected set of senses ‘spout, tap’, ‘hammer of a firearm’, and ‘penis’ is not known; it is possible that it represents an entirely different word, but the fact that German hahn ‘hen’ has the same meanings suggests otherwise.

Of derived words, cocker [19], as in ‘cocker spaniel’, comes from cocking, the sport of shooting woodcock, and cocky [18] is probably based on the notion of the cock as a spirited or swaggering bird, lording it over his hens (there may well be some connection with cock ‘penis’, too, for there is an isolated record of cocky meaning ‘lecherous’ in the 16th century). Cockerel [15] was originally a diminutive form.
=> chicken, cocky

cock (n.1)

"male chicken," Old English cocc "male bird," Old French coc (12c., Modern French coq), Old Norse kokkr, all of echoic origin. Old English cocc was a nickname for "one who strutted like a cock," thus a common term in the Middle Ages for a pert boy, used of scullions, apprentices, servants, etc.

A common personal name till c. 1500, it was affixed to Christian names as a pet diminutive, as in Wilcox, Hitchcock, etc. Slang sense of "penis" is attested since 1610s (but compare pillicock "penis," from c. 1300); cock-teaser is from 1891. A cocker spaniel (1823) was trained to start woodcocks. Cock-and-bull is first recorded 1620s, perhaps an allusion to Aesop's fables, with their incredible talking animals, or to a particular story, now forgotten. French has parallel expression coq-à-l'âne.

cock (n.2)

in various mechanical senses, such as cock of a faucet (early 15c.) is of uncertain connection with cock (n.1), but German has hahn "cock" in many of the same senses. The cock of an old matchlock firearm is 1560s, hence half-cocked (for which see half).

cock (v.)

mid-12c., cocken, "to fight;" 1570s, "to swagger;" seeming contradictory modern senses of "to stand up" (as in cock one's ear), c. 1600, and "to bend" (1898) are from the two cock nouns. The first is probably in reference to the posture of the bird's head or tail, the second to the firearm position. To cock ones hat carries the notion of "defiant boastfulness."

cock 词组搭配

cock 英文释义

1. obscene terms for penis

2. faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid

3. the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

4. adult male chicken

5. adult male bird

cock 双语例句

1. His hands were too weak to cock his revolver.

他的手没劲儿，扳不动左轮手枪的扳机。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He was in danger of making a real cock-up of this.

他很有可能会把这事弄得一团糟。

来自柯林斯例句

3. This was just an administrative cock-up.

这纯粹是管理上的混乱。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The cock's breast is tinged with chestnut.

这只公鸡胸部羽毛呈浅栗色，带有白色细条纹。

来自柯林斯例句

5. There's been a bit of a cock-up over the travel arrangements.

旅行安排出了点儿岔子。

来自《权威词典》

cock 实用场景例句

The dog stood listening, its ears cocked.

那狗站着，竖起耳朵听动静。

牛津词典

to cock a snook at authority

蔑视权威

牛津词典

I really cocked that exam up!

我那次考试考砸了！

牛津词典

She cocked up all the arrangements for the party.

她把聚会的安排搞得一塌糊涂。

牛津词典

She cocked her head to one side and looked at me.

她抬起头侧向一边看着我。

牛津词典

The cock crowed.

公鸡啼叫。

牛津词典

a cock pheasant

雄雉

牛津词典

The dog cocked its leg by every tree on our route (= in order to urinate ) .

这狗在我们一路上走过每棵树时都抬起一条腿（撒尿）。

牛津词典

He cocked an inquisitive eyebrow at her.

他扬眉向她投以疑问的目光。

牛津词典

The cock was announcing the start of a new day.

雄鸡正在报晓。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a cock pheasant.

雄雉

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He paused and cocked his head as if listening...

他停顿了一下，歪着头，好像是在听。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The Brigadier thought about this for a moment, head cocked to one side.

这位准将头歪向一边，就此考虑了一会儿。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He suddenly cocked an ear and listened...

他突然竖起耳朵仔细倾听。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

All ears were cocked for the footsteps on the stairs.

所有的人都竖起耳朵听楼梯上传来的脚步声。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

His hands were too weak to cock his revolver.

他的手没劲儿，扳不动左轮手枪的扳机。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Peter was the cock of the walk until my brother beat him a fight last year.

彼得原来是个小霸王,后来我弟弟打赢了他,才杀了他的威风.

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Can it be as painful as the spur of a fighting cock in one's heel?

它痛起来跟斗鸡脚上装的距铁刺扎进人的脚后跟时一样厉害 吗 ?

英汉文学 - 老人与海

The cock clapped his wings and crowed.

公鸡振翅啼叫.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The tap was turned on full cock.

龙头全打开了.

期刊摘选

That cock won't fight.

那一手行不通,那种 话 说不过去.

期刊摘选

Mold with spiral ejection pin was designed for the mass production of threaded nylon cock.

为批量生产带有螺纹的尼龙旋塞,设计了一种带有螺旋顶杆的旋塞注塑模.

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Better be a cock for a day than a hen for a year.

宁为人杰称雄一日,不做弱者碌碌一世.

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The cock is the harbinger of dawn.

雄鸡报晓.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The cock is crowing.

这只公鸡正在啼鸣.

《简明英汉词典》