一、詳細(xì)釋義:


n.

烏鴉


例句:

The crow is a bird of ill omen.

烏鴉是不祥的預(yù)兆。


例句:

The crow's cry bodes rain.

烏鴉啼預(yù)示要下雨。


雞啼


例句:

The crow of the rooster woke me up.

雄雞的啼叫聲把我吵醒了。


例句:

The long crow of rooster split the gray morning sky.

一只雄雞引吮長鳴,驚破了黎明時(shí)的蒼穹。


v.

啼叫;報(bào)曉 [I]


例句:

The cock is crowing.

這只公雞正在啼鳴。


例句:

The cock crows in the farmyard.

雄雞在農(nóng)家院中啼叫。


歡叫 [I]


例句:

The baby crowed with pleasure when its father picked it up.

那嬰兒的父親把他抱起來的時(shí)候,他樂得格格地笑。


例句:

The baby only shook the rattle and laughed and crowed.

孩子只是搖著撥浪鼓,笑著叫著。


揚(yáng)揚(yáng)自得 [I]


例句:

He crowed about his promotion.

他因獲得晉升而自鳴得意。


例句:

She crowed over his disappointment.

她因他受了挫折而幸災(zāi)樂禍。


二、詞義辨析:


boast,brag,crow,pride

這些動(dòng)詞均含有“自夸,吹噓”之意。 boast普通用詞,指對(duì)自己所做的事,自己的長處、財(cái)富以及家庭等的夸耀,常含言過其實(shí)的意味。 brag非正式用詞,其夸耀和吹噓意味強(qiáng)于boast,到了過分夸大,有時(shí)令人討厭的地步。 crow多指大聲吵嚷地吹噓,夸耀自己做某事比他人做得好。 pride與boast的意義較接近,指炫耀、夸口,自鳴得意,常與反身代詞連用。


三、相關(guān)短語:


as the crow flies

成直線地,走捷徑地


carrion crow

n. 吃腐肉的烏鴉


crow's nest

n. 守望樓,崗?fù)?/p>

jim crow

挺器,彎軌器,軌條撓曲器


crow's foot

n. 眼角皺紋


四、參考例句:


That is a talking crow

那是一只會(huì)說話的烏鴉。


The rooster's crow woke me.

雄雞的啼聲把我吵醒。


The crow's cry bodes rain.

烏鴉啼預(yù)示要下雨。


The crow of the rooster woke me up.

雄雞的啼叫聲把我吵醒了。


A crow of bloodthirsty ants are attracted by the carrion.

一群嗜血的螞蟻被腐肉所吸引。


The long crow of rooster split the gray morning sky.

一只雄雞引吮長鳴,驚破了黎明時(shí)的蒼穹。


There is a black crow on the rock.

巖石上有只黑色的烏鴉。


"That is a talking crow," she told me.

“那是一只會(huì)說話的烏鴉,”她告訴我。


The crow is a bird of ill omen.

烏鴉是不祥的預(yù)兆。


The crow cawed as loudly as she could.

這只烏鴉盡力大聲地呱呱叫。