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cock

noun
🔊/kɒk/
🔊/kɑːk/
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  1. (British English)
    (also rooster North American English, British English)
    [countable] an adult male chicken公鸡；雄鸡
    • The cock crowed.公鸡啼叫。🔊🔊
    • The market traders cried out like barnyard cocks.市场商贩就像农家场院的公鸡一样大声吆喝。
    compare henTopics Birdsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fighting
    cock + verb
    • crow
    cock + noun
    • fight
    • fighting
    See full entry
  2. [countable] (especially in compounds尤用于构成复合词) a male of any other bird雄禽
    • a cock pheasant雄雉
    see also peacockTopics Birdsc2
  3. [countable] (taboo, slang) a penis鸡巴
  4. [countable]
    (also stopcock)
    a tap that controls the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe 鸡巴see also ballcock
  5. [singular] (British English, old-fashioned, slang) used as a friendly form of address between men（男子间友好的称呼）老兄，家伙，伙计
    6. see also half-cock
    Word OriginOld English cocc, from medieval Latin coccus; reinforced in Middle English by Old French coq.

cock

verb
🔊/kɒk/
🔊/kɑːk/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they cock
🔊/kɒk/
🔊/kɑːk/
he / she / it cocks
🔊/kɒks/
🔊/kɑːks/
past simple cocked
🔊/kɒkt/
🔊/kɑːkt/
past participle cocked
🔊/kɒkt/
🔊/kɑːkt/
-ing form cocking
🔊/ˈkɒkɪŋ/
🔊/ˈkɑːkɪŋ/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1. cock something to raise a part of your body so that it is pointing upwards or at an angle立起，竖起，翘起（身体部位）
    • The dog cocked its leg by every tree on our route (= in order to urinate).这狗在我们一路上走过每棵树时都抬起一条腿（撒尿）。🔊🔊
    • He cocked an inquisitive eyebrow at her.他扬眉向她投以询问的目光。🔊🔊
    • She cocked her head to one side and looked at me.她抬起头侧向一边看着我。🔊🔊
    • The dog stood listening, its ears cocked.那狗站着，竖起耳朵听动静。🔊🔊
  2. cock a gun/pistol/rifle to raise the hammer on a gun so that it is ready to fire扣（或扳）上扳机准备射击
    3. Word OriginOld English cocc, from medieval Latin coccus; reinforced in Middle English by Old French coq.
Idioms
cock an ear/eye at something/somebody
  1. to look at or listen to something/somebody carefully and with a lot of attention侧耳倾听；凝神细看
cock a snook at somebody/something
  1. (British English) to say or do something that clearly shows you do not respect somebody/something（说话或做事）明显地表示蔑视；轻蔑；不屑一顾
    • to cock a snook at authority蔑视权威