金雞報喜：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，就像是一隻公雞，它以爲太陽上升，是爲了聆聽它的啼聲。

——喬治·艾略特

一、關於cock，你應該知道的用法有

n. 

1.公雞 an adult male chicken

Every cock crows on his own dunghill.

公雞總在自己草堆上稱雄。

2.雄鳥 a male of any other bird

The cock has brighter coloured feathers than the hen.

雄鳥的羽毛比雌鳥的豔麗。

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

The faucet is turned on full cock.

龍頭的活栓已全開。

v.

（使）豎起，翹起，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.

狗擡起一隻腿。

二、你知道cock和哪些詞更搭嗎？

ball cock

n.浮球閥

cock-and-bull story

無稽之談

turkey cock

雄火雞

fighting cock

好鬥的公雞； 愛鬧事、好吵架的人

jungle cock

公原雞

三、學會cock的用法了嗎？來做個小測試吧

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

公雞一遇到狗羽毛便直豎起來。