- (British English) (also rooster North American English, British English)[countable]
an adult male chicken compare henTopics Birdsc2公鸡;雄鸡 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fighting
- crow
- fight
- fighting
- [countable]
(especially in compounds )尤用于构成复合词 a male of any other bird 雄禽 a cock pheasant 雄雉
- [countable] (taboo, slang)
a penis 鸡巴 - [countable] (also stopcock)
a tap that controls the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe see also ballcock鸡巴 - [singular] (British English, old-fashioned, slang)
used as a friendly form of address between men (男子间友好的称呼)老兄,家伙,伙计 see also half-cock
Word OriginOld English cocc, from medieval Latin coccus; reinforced in Middle English by Old French coq.