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

——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。