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单词 cocksure
释义
cocksurecock‧sure /ˌkɒkˈʃʊə $ ˌkɑːkˈʃʊr/ adjective old-fashioned Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcocksure
Origin:
1500-1600 cock word used to avoid saying ‘God’ (14-19 centuries) + sure
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • She sounds confident, but not cocksure.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Berton was a powerful personality, a cocksure businessman with a fast-talking line in hard sell.
too confident of your abilities or knowledge, in a way that is annoying to other people:  He seemed rather too cocksure for my liking.
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