英语词汇“cock-bird height”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

† cock-bird height n. Scottish Obsolete a height equal or comparable to that of a cockerel or rooster (chiefly with reference to the stature of a child or young person).In quot. 1788 as adv., used figuratively with reference to high spirits (cf. to jump for joy at jump v. 1c).

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1788 J. Macaulay Poems Var. Subj. 181 I fin' my spirits a' cou'd caper Maist cock-bird hight.

1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 167 Sin' days that he was cock-bird height.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Cock-bird-hight It's a fell thing for you to gie yoursel sic airs; ye're no cock-bird-hight yet.

1863 J. G. Edgar Cressey & Poictiers ii, in Boy's Own Vol. 1 3 Body o' me, Arthur, it seems but yesterday when you were cock-bird height.

单词	cock-bird height
释义	> as lemmas cock-bird height † cock-bird height n. Scottish Obsolete a height equal or comparable to that of a cockerel or rooster (chiefly with reference to the stature of a child or young person).In quot. 1788 as adv., used figuratively with reference to high spirits (cf. to jump for joy at jump v. 1c). ΚΠ 1788 J. Macaulay Poems Var. Subj. 181 I fin' my spirits a' cou'd caper Maist cock-bird hight. 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 167 Sin' days that he was cock-bird height. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Cock-bird-hight It's a fell thing for you to gie yoursel sic airs; ye're no cock-bird-hight yet. 1863 J. G. Edgar Cressey & Poictiers ii, in Boy's Own Vol. 1 3 Body o' me, Arthur, it seems but yesterday when you were cock-bird height. extracted from cock birdn. < as lemmas
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