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

14. colloquial (chiefly British). A person, typically a man, who fights bravely or with great determination; a plucky or spirited person. Chiefly used as a familiar form of address, esp. in old cock. Cf. cocker n.⁷See also shy-cock n.

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the mind > emotion > courage > valour > warlike valour > [noun] > one who fights eagerly

cock of the game?1555

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a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. G.i^v Farewell cocke, before the Colier againe doo vs seeke, Lett vs into the Courte to parte the spoyle, share and share like.

1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker i. i. sig. B2 Well said ould cocke, would thy spurrs were new rowell'd that thou mightst picke out his eyes.

1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 128 Hon. I would a fought as long as Breath had been in me. Greatheart. Well said, Father Honest..thou art a Cock of the right kind.

1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 535 I am going to an old Club of merry Cocks [L. vetustissimum Gallorum contubernium] to endeavour to fetch up what I have lost.

1782 Proc. Old Bailey 4 Dec. 55/2 [He] presented a pistol, and said he would blow my brains out; I said, Do not be in a hurry, my cock; I put my hand in my pocket, and gave him 5s. Here, my cock, says I, take this.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xliii. 469 Do you alvays smoke arter you goes to bed, old cock?

1841 Punch 25 Dec. 278/1 The people down here are a queer lot; but I have hunted up two or three jolly cocks, and we contrive to keep the place alive between us.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy iii ‘That's right, my cock,’ said he to Murtough.

1942 T. Rattigan Flare Path iii. 164 Good show, Count, old cock!

1965 G. Melly Owning-up iv. 30 Smarten yourself up a bit, cock, before we go on!

2008 S. Armitage Gig (2009) 75 Got a light, cock?

单词	old cock
释义	> as lemmas old cock 14. colloquial (chiefly British). A person, typically a man, who fights bravely or with great determination; a plucky or spirited person. Chiefly used as a familiar form of address, esp. in old cock. Cf. cocker n.⁷See also shy-cock n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > valour > warlike valour > [noun] > one who fights eagerly cock of the game?1555 cocka1566 a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. G.i^v Farewell cocke, before the Colier againe doo vs seeke, Lett vs into the Courte to parte the spoyle, share and share like. 1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker i. i. sig. B2 Well said ould cocke, would thy spurrs were new rowell'd that thou mightst picke out his eyes. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 128 Hon. I would a fought as long as Breath had been in me. Greatheart. Well said, Father Honest..thou art a Cock of the right kind. 1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 535 I am going to an old Club of merry Cocks [L. vetustissimum Gallorum contubernium] to endeavour to fetch up what I have lost. 1782 Proc. Old Bailey 4 Dec. 55/2 [He] presented a pistol, and said he would blow my brains out; I said, Do not be in a hurry, my cock; I put my hand in my pocket, and gave him 5s. Here, my cock, says I, take this. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xliii. 469 Do you alvays smoke arter you goes to bed, old cock? 1841 Punch 25 Dec. 278/1 The people down here are a queer lot; but I have hunted up two or three jolly cocks, and we contrive to keep the place alive between us. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy iii ‘That's right, my cock,’ said he to Murtough. 1942 T. Rattigan Flare Path iii. 164 Good show, Count, old cock! 1965 G. Melly Owning-up iv. 30 Smarten yourself up a bit, cock, before we go on! 2008 S. Armitage Gig (2009) 75 Got a light, cock? extracted from cockn.¹int. < as lemmas
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