cock

noun

/kɒk/

/kɑːk/

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(British English)
(also rooster North American English, British English)
[countable] an adult male chicken公雞；雄雞
- The cock crowed.公雞啼叫。
- The market traders cried out like barnyard cocks.市場商販就像農家場院的公雞一樣大聲吆喝。
compare henTopics Birdsc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- fighting
cock + verb
- crow
cock + noun
- fight
- fighting
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[countable] (especially in compounds尤用於構成複合詞) a male of any other bird雄禽
- a cock pheasant雄雉
see also peacockTopics Birdsc2
[countable] (taboo, slang) a penis雞巴
[countable]
(also stopcock)
a tap that controls the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe雞巴 see also ballcock
[singular] (British English, old-fashioned, slang) used as a friendly form of address between men（男子間友好的稱呼）老兄，家夥，夥計

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/

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cock something to raise a part of your body so that it is pointing upwards or at an angle立起，豎起，翹起（身體部位）
- The dog cocked its leg by every tree on our route (= in order to urinate).這狗在我們一路上走過每棵樹時都擡起一條腿（撒尿）。
- He cocked an inquisitive eyebrow at her.他揚眉向她投以詢問的目光。
- She cocked her head to one side and looked at me.她擡起頭側向一邊看着我。
- The dog stood listening, its ears cocked.那狗站着，豎起耳朵聽動靜。
cock a gun/pistol/rifle to raise the hammer on a gun so that it is ready to fire扣（或扳）上扳機準備射擊

Word OriginOld English cocc, from medieval Latin coccus; reinforced in Middle English by Old French coq.

Idioms

cock an ear/eye at something/somebody

to look at or listen to something/somebody carefully and with a lot of attention側耳傾聽；凝神細看

cock a snook at somebody/something

(British English) to say or do something that clearly shows you do not respect somebody/something（說話或做事）明顯地表示蔑視；輕蔑；不屑一顧
- to cock a snook at authority蔑視權威