too confident about yourself in a way that annoys other people 过分自信的;自以为是的 For a young man on his first day at work he’s remarkably cocky. 对于一个初来乍到的年轻人来说,他非常自大。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc2I'm fed up with his cocky attitude. 我受够了他傲慢的态度。 They get a bit cocky and think they can do what they want. 他们有点自大,认为自己可以做自己想做的事。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCocky is used with these nouns:- attitude
- grin
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘lecherous’): from cock + -y.