一、详细释义:
n.
乌鸦
例句:
The crow is a bird of ill omen.
乌鸦是不祥的预兆。
例句:
The crow's cry bodes rain.
乌鸦啼预示要下雨。
鸡啼
例句:
The crow of the rooster woke me up.
雄鸡的啼叫声把我吵醒了。
例句:
The long crow of rooster split the gray morning sky.
一只雄鸡引吮长鸣,惊破了黎明时的苍穹。
v.
啼叫;报晓 [I]
例句:
The cock is crowing.
这只公鸡正在啼鸣。
例句:
The cock crows in the farmyard.
雄鸡在农家院中啼叫。
欢叫 [I]
例句:
The baby crowed with pleasure when its father picked it up.
那婴儿的父亲把他抱起来的时候,他乐得格格地笑。
例句:
The baby only shook the rattle and laughed and crowed.
孩子只是摇着拨浪鼓,笑着叫着。
扬扬自得 [I]
例句:
He crowed about his promotion.
他因获得晋升而自鸣得意。
例句:
She crowed over his disappointment.
她因他受了挫折而幸灾乐祸。
二、词义辨析:
boast,brag,crow,pride
这些动词均含有“自夸,吹嘘”之意。boast普通用词,指对自己所做的事,自己的长处、财富以及家庭等的夸耀,常含言过其实的意味。brag非正式用词,其夸耀和吹嘘意味强于boast,到了过分夸大,有时令人讨厌的地步。crow多指大声吵嚷地吹嘘,夸耀自己做某事比他人做得好。pride与boast的意义较接近,指炫耀、夸口,自鸣得意,常与反身代词连用。
三、相关短语:
as the crow flies
成直线地,走捷径地
carrion crow
n. 吃腐肉的乌鸦
crow's nest
n. 守望楼,岗亭
jim crow
挺器,弯轨器,轨条挠曲器
crow's foot
n. 眼角皱纹
四、参考例句:
That is a talking crow
那是一只会说话的乌鸦。
The rooster's crow woke me.
雄鸡的啼声把我吵醒。
The crow's cry bodes rain.
乌鸦啼预示要下雨。
The crow of the rooster woke me up.
雄鸡的啼叫声把我吵醒了。
A crow of bloodthirsty ants are attracted by the carrion.
一群嗜血的蚂蚁被腐肉所吸引。
The long crow of rooster split the gray morning sky.
一只雄鸡引吮长鸣,惊破了黎明时的苍穹。
There is a black crow on the rock.
岩石上有只黑色的乌鸦。
"That is a talking crow," she told me.
“那是一只会说话的乌鸦,”她告诉我。
The crow is a bird of ill omen.
乌鸦是不祥的预兆。
The crow cawed as loudly as she could.
这只乌鸦尽力大声地呱呱叫。