| 单词 | cock of the walk |
| 释义 | > as lemmascock of the walk (c) cock of the walk: (chiefly with the or without article) a person, typically a man, who is dominant or pre-eminent within a particular sphere or group. Cf. walk n.1 13b.Sometimes with connotations of arrogance or self-importance. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person gemc1275 blooma1300 excellence1447 mirrorc1450 man of mena1470 treasure?1545 paragon1548 shining light1563 Apollo's swan?1592 man of wax1597 rara avis1607 Titan1611 choice spirita1616 excellency1725 inestimable1728 inimitable1751 cock of the walk1781 surpasser1805 shiner1810 swell1816 trump1819 tip-topper1822 star1829 beauty1832 soarer1895 trumph1895 pansy1899 Renaissance man1906 exemplum virtutis1914 museum piece1920 superman1925 flyer1930 pistol1935 all-star1949 1781 T. Horde Whimsical Serenade i. 9 His mother, could she always have been cock of the walk, would have fed him with caudle and confectionary. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I. ii. ii. 290 In the states' assembly they were then the cocks of the walk. 1875 G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto i. 5 Mr. Gale, to use his own phraseology, was accustomed to consider himself Cock of the Walk in every society he frequented. 1941 C. Headlam Diary 13 Nov. in S. Ball Parl. & Politics in Age Churchill & Attlee (1999) vii. 279 Clearly Winston is still cock of the walk and can go on employing whom he likes. 1995 A. Templeton Last Act of All xiii. 179 Everything points to Martha. She's cock of the walk in the village, and she and Jane are old enemies. 2014 @CFCScience 24 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Arrogant twat. Scores from the spot when the game's already won and thinks he's cock of the walk. < as lemmas |
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