单词 | crow-toe |
释义 | crow /krō/noun
ORIGIN: OE crāwe a crow, crāwan to crow crowˈbar noun A heavy iron bar usu bent and flattened at one end, used as a lever crowˈberry noun A low creeping moorland shrub (genus Empetrum) producing small black berries crow boot noun A boot made of leather and fur, as worn by the Inuit crowˈ-flower noun Applied to various plants, in Shakespeare perhaps crowfoot crowˈfoot noun (pl crowˈfoots) A buttercup, sometimes extended to other plants crowˈ-keeper noun (Shakespeare) A scarecrow crowˈ-quill noun A pen made of the quill of a crow, etc, for fine writing or etching crow'sˈ-bill or crowˈ-bill noun (surgery) A kind of forceps for extracting bullets, etc, from wounds crow'sˈ-foot noun
crowˈ-shrike noun A piping crow (see under pipe1) crow'sˈ-nest noun (nautical) An elevated platform near the top of a ship's mast for a man on lookout crowˈ-steps plural noun Step-like stonework on a gable crowˈ-toe noun Applied to various plants, in Milton probably crowfoot as the crow flies In a straight line draw the crow (Aust) To draw the short straw, come off worst in an allocation eat (boiled) crow To be forced to do something very disagreeable, humiliate oneself have a crow to pluck with To have something to settle with someone stone the crows (esp Aust sl) An expression of amazement, horror, etc |
随便看 |
英语词典包含305067条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。