a large bird, completely or mostly black, with a rough unpleasant call see also carrion crowTopics Birdsc1乌鸦 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- black
- carrion
- flock
- fly
- perch
- caw
- …
a sound like that of a rooster (= an adult male chicken) crowing (像雄鸡的)啼叫声,喔喔叫声
Word Originnoun sense 1 Old English crāwe, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kraai and German Krähe, also to the verb crow. noun sense 2 Old English crāwan, of West Germanic origin; related to German krähen, also to crow the bird; ultimately imitative.
Idioms
as the crow flies
eat crow (North American English)
(also eat humble pie British and North American English)
to say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made 认错;道歉;赔罪
stone the crows | stone me
- (British English, old-fashioned)
used to express surprise, shock, anger, etc. (表示惊奇、震惊、气愤等)哎呀