Trumpet in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cocks; bleat in a flock of goats.
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n. 公司,商號;作伴,伴侶,客人;連隊,中隊;(社交)集會,聚會;
?? com(together)+pan(bread)+y(名詞后綴)→交誼;伙伴
"He absconded with the company funds."
他卷走公司的資金潛逃了。
近義:institution, merging, partnership, pool, society, trust
反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 喇叭;小號;[樂]音栓;喇叭似的聲音;
vt. 大聲說出或宣告;
vi. 吹喇叭,吹小號;發出回聲;
?? 吹破它(諧音): 喇叭被吹破了 trump(吹,諧音)+et(小):trumpet 喇叭
"to trumpet sb's achievements"
吹噓某人的成就
近義:hawk, mandate, peddle, promulgate, proclaim, declare
n. 獸群;牧群;放牧人;<蔑>群眾,民眾;
vt.& vi. 群集,糾結;
vt. 放牧;(使)向…移動;使成群;
?? her(她)+d(的):她的 獸群{留心觀察一下,大學里各系系花(her)身后的眾多追求者}
"a herd of bison"
一群野牛
近義:picket, police, watch, guard, pack, flock
n. 烏鴉;雄雞的啼聲;
vi. 公雞啼鳴,報曉;歡呼;(尤指在其他人不成功時)揚揚自得地夸口;
?? 月牙西下(c)一排(row) 烏鴉
"She gave a little crow of triumph."
她輕輕地發出了勝利的歡呼聲。
近義:cackle, cluck, rhodomontade, rodomontade, vaunt, bluff
n. 獸群,鳥群;群眾;棉束;大堆,大量;
vi. 群集,成群結隊而行;
vt. 用棉束填;
?? f(風)+lock(鎖):飛吹鎖斷丟 羊群 flock=block: 鳥群 獸群
"The priest warned his flock against breaking God's law."
牧師警告他的教友不要違背上帝的訓誡.
近義:herd, bevy, jam, mob, overcrowd, pack