cox

noun

🔊/kɒks/

🔊/kɑːks/

(also coxswain)

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the person who controls the direction of a rowing boat while other people are rowing（划艇的）舵手Topics Sports: water sportsc2
Word Originmid 19th cent.: abbreviation.

verb

🔊/kɒks/

🔊/kɑːks/

[transitive, intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they cox	🔊/kɒks/ 🔊/kɑːks/
he / she / it coxes	🔊/ˈkɒksɪz/ 🔊/ˈkɑːksɪz/
past simple coxed	🔊/kɒkst/ 🔊/kɑːkst/
past participle coxed	🔊/kɒkst/ 🔊/kɑːkst/
-ing form coxing	🔊/ˈkɒksɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈkɑːksɪŋ/

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cox (something) to control the direction of a rowing boat while other people are rowing; to act as a cox（为划艇）掌舵；当（划艇的）舵手
Word Originmid 19th cent.: abbreviation.