| 单词 | cock |
| 释义 | cock (once / 369 pages) 1nv 2vn 3n 4v 5n Cock is most often used to refer to either birds or guns. A cock is a rooster, but it's also the hammer on a gun that you adjust so you can fire it. You might hear the word cock used to mean "penis," but that's a vulgar form of the word, so be sure you're in the right company if you opt to use it. A cock is a male bird, particularly a rooster. When you cock a gun, you raise its cock to make it ready for firing. When you cock something in a certain direction, you are tilting it that way. WORD FAMILYcock: cocked, cocking, cocks USAGE EXAMPLESIn a cross-examination, he stands erect, chest cocked, as if to fill the courtroom. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) Murray said the gun was cocked, its safety was off and it had a round in its chamber. Washington Times(Nov 30, 2016) Adapted screenplay went to Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese for “Silence.” Los Angeles Times(Nov 29, 2016) 1 1n adult male chicken Syn|Hypo|Hyper rooster cockerel a young domestic cock; not older than one year Gallus gallus, chicken a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl 2n adult male bird Hypo|Hyper fighting cock, gamecock a cock bred and trained for fighting bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings 3v to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others 2Syn|Hyper prance, ruffle, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps 1v set the trigger of a firearm back for firing Hyper lay, place, pose, position, put, set put into a certain place or abstract location 2n the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled 3Syn|Hyper hammer striker the part of a mechanical device that strikes something n faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid 4Syn|Hyper stopcock, turncock faucet, spigot a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir v tilt or slant to one side 5cock one's head Hyper cant, cant over, pitch, slant, tilt heel over n obscene terms for penis Hyper penis the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) |
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