crow
n
1 any of various types of large black bird with a harsh cry 烏鴉. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1之插圖, page iv.
2 (idm 習語) as the `crow flies in a straight line 成直線. stone the crows => stone.
crow v (pt crowed or, in archaic use, 古語拼作 crew, pp crowed)
1 [I] (of a cock) make a loud shrill cry, esp at dawn (指公雞)喔喔叫(尤指黎明時).
2 [I] (of a baby) make sounds showing pleasure (指嬰兒)歡叫.
3 [I, Ipr] ~ (over sb/sth)(derog 貶) express gleeful triumph (about one's success, etc) (因成功等而)得意洋洋, 自鳴得意
She won the competition and won't stop crowing (over her rivals/her rivals' failure). 她在比賽中獲得了勝利, (在對手[對手的失敗]面前)簡直得意忘形. crow, n [sing]
crowing sound (公雞的)喔喔叫聲; (嬰兒的)歡叫聲.
?? 考研助記
月牙西下(c)一排(row) 烏鴉
?? 擴展釋義
*[kr?u]n. 啼叫, 烏鴉, 雞鳴, 撬棍vi. 啼叫, 報曉相關詞組: eat crow have a crow to pull with sb have a crow to pluck with sb have a crow to pick with sb as the crow flies