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

noun | verb

crowcrow1 /kroʊ/ ●○○ noun

ETYMOLOGYcrow¹

Origin: (1,3) Old English crawe (2) 1200-1300 ➔ CROW²

1[countable] a large shiny black bird that makes a loud sound2[singular] the loud sound a rooster makes3as the crow flies measured in a straight line: It’s ten miles from here as the crow flies. → see also eat crow at eat (8)

noun | verb

crowcrow2 verb [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYcrow²

Origin: Old English crawan

VERB TABLE

crow

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	crow
	he, she, it	crows
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	crowed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have crowed
	he, she, it	has crowed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had crowed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will crow
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have crowed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am crowing
	he, she, it	is crowing
	you, we, they	are crowing
Past	I, he, she, it	was crowing
	you, we, they	were crowing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been crowing
	he, she, it	has been crowing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been crowing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be crowing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been crowing

1if a rooster crows, it makes a loud high sound2disapproving to talk about what you have done in a very proud way, especially when other people have been less successful: crow over/about He was crowing over winning the bet.3written if someone, especially a baby, crows, he or she says something or makes a noise to show pleasure: The baby crowed with delight.