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

cocky1

/ˈkɒki

adjective (cockier, cockiest)

Conceited or confident in a bold or cheeky way: we were young, brash, cocky—we knew everything a cocky playboy with a desperado mustache...

He was confident but not cocky and very likable, in a puppy dog sort of way.
I spoke to him last night to wish him well, and he was confident without being cocky about it, which is always good.
It is good to walk in with confidence and a friendly smile, but not be overly confident and cocky!

Synonyms

arrogant, conceited, overconfident, overweening, cocksure, smug, haughty, supercilious, disdainful, lofty, patronizing, proud, vain, vainglorious, self-important, swollen-headed, egotistical, presumptuous, lordly, pompous, blustering, boastful, brash, self-assertive, opinionated, bold, forward, insolent

informal high and mighty, throwing one's weight about/around, uppish

rare hubristic

Derivatives

cockily

/ˈkɒkɪli

/ adverb ...

About the time he turned 40, the once cockily independent writer had begun collaborating again.
She told the room - confidently, almost cockily - that the election was in the bag.
His fellow sellers immediately started packing up their magazines, but he cockily urged them to ‘carry on selling’.

cockiness

/ˈkɒkinəs

/ noun ...

It amused her to see Jason hiding his cockiness and his belief that she would say yes no matter what he did.
A lot of it is just effrontery, sheer brazen nerve, and a sort of monstrous cockiness.
He's got that magic combination of 19-year-old cockiness and born-with-it, estate-lad charisma.

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the sense 'lecherous'): from cock¹ + -y¹.

Rhymes

cocky2

/ˈkɒki

noun (plural cockies) Australian /NZ

Informal term for cockatoo.The astute observer would know I wasn't a local farmer because all the cockies in this particular district wear baseball caps sponsored by American chemical companies....

In the view of most cockies, some of the finest agricultural land in the state comes with an architectural albatross around it neck in the form of the 1830's house which stands on the land.
The contractors had already sprayed for cockies, fleas, flies and mice but the cockies were guaranteed to re-emerge once the effect of the watered-down spray lost its potency.

cocky3

/ˈkɒki

noun (plural cockies) Australian

A farmer, originally one with a small holding: all the cockies in this district wear baseball caps sponsored by chemical companies

Origin

Late 19th century: from the Australian sense of cockatoo 'a small-scale farmer'.

单词	cocky
释义	cocky1 /ˈkɒki / adjective (cockier, cockiest) Conceited or confident in a bold or cheeky way: we were young, brash, cocky—we knew everything a cocky playboy with a desperado mustache... He was confident but not cocky and very likable, in a puppy dog sort of way. I spoke to him last night to wish him well, and he was confident without being cocky about it, which is always good. It is good to walk in with confidence and a friendly smile, but not be overly confident and cocky! Synonyms arrogant, conceited, overconfident, overweening, cocksure, smug, haughty, supercilious, disdainful, lofty, patronizing, proud, vain, vainglorious, self-important, swollen-headed, egotistical, presumptuous, lordly, pompous, blustering, boastful, brash, self-assertive, opinionated, bold, forward, insolent informal high and mighty, throwing one's weight about/around, uppish rare hubristic Derivatives cockily /ˈkɒkɪli / adverb ... About the time he turned 40, the once cockily independent writer had begun collaborating again. She told the room - confidently, almost cockily - that the election was in the bag. His fellow sellers immediately started packing up their magazines, but he cockily urged them to ‘carry on selling’. cockiness /ˈkɒkinəs / noun ... It amused her to see Jason hiding his cockiness and his belief that she would say yes no matter what he did. A lot of it is just effrontery, sheer brazen nerve, and a sort of monstrous cockiness. He's got that magic combination of 19-year-old cockiness and born-with-it, estate-lad charisma. Origin Mid 16th century (in the sense 'lecherous'): from cock¹ + -y¹. Rhymes choccy, flocky, gnocchi, hockey, jockey, oche, pocky, rocky, schlocky, stocky cocky2 /ˈkɒki / noun (plural cockies) Australian /NZ Informal term for cockatoo.The astute observer would know I wasn't a local farmer because all the cockies in this particular district wear baseball caps sponsored by American chemical companies.... In the view of most cockies, some of the finest agricultural land in the state comes with an architectural albatross around it neck in the form of the 1830's house which stands on the land. The contractors had already sprayed for cockies, fleas, flies and mice but the cockies were guaranteed to re-emerge once the effect of the watered-down spray lost its potency. cocky3 /ˈkɒki / noun (plural cockies) Australian A farmer, originally one with a small holding: all the cockies in this district wear baseball caps sponsored by chemical companies Origin Late 19th century: from the Australian sense of cockatoo 'a small-scale farmer'.
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