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peacock

noun
🔊/ˈpiːkɒk/
🔊/ˈpiːkɑːk/
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  1. a large male bird with long blue and green tail feathers that it can spread out like a fan雄孔雀
    • as proud as a peacock孔雀般的骄傲
    see also peahenTopics Birdsc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPeacock is used before these nouns:
    • feather
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old English pēa (from Latin pavo) ‘peacock’ + cock.