金鸡报喜：cock的用法和辨析

As conceited man is like the cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him corw.

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——George Elliott

 一位自高自大的人，就像是一只公鸡，它以为太阳上升，是为了聆听它的啼声。

——乔治·艾略特

一、关于cock，你应该知道的用法有

n. 

1.公鸡 an adult male chicken

Every cock crows on his own dunghill.

公鸡总在自己草堆上称雄。

2.雄鸟 a male of any other bird

The cock has brighter coloured feathers than the hen.

雄鸟的羽毛比雌鸟的艳丽。

3.龙头 a device (as a faucet or valve) for regulating the flow of a liquid

The faucet is turned on full cock.

龙头的活栓已全开。

v.

（使）竖起，翘起，朝上 [I,T] to raise a part of your body so that it is vertical or at an angle

The dog cocked its leg.

狗抬起一只腿。

二、你知道cock和哪些词更搭吗？

ball cock

n.浮球阀

cock-and-bull story

无稽之谈

turkey cock

雄火鸡

fighting cock

好斗的公鸡； 爱闹事、好吵架的人

jungle cock

公原鸡

三、学会cock的用法了吗？来做个小测试吧

The _____'s feathers ruffled at the sight of the dog.

公鸡一遇到狗羽毛便直竖起来。