crowing

英 [ˈkrəʊɪŋ]

美 [ˈkroʊɪŋ]

v.  (尤指在清晨)啼叫，打鸣; (尤指在其他人不成功时)扬扬自得地夸口，自鸣得意; 欢叫
crow的现在分词

复数：crowings　现在分词：crowing　

COCA.40635

柯林斯词典

• 乌鸦
  Acrowis a large black bird which makes a loud, harsh noise.
• VERB (公鸡)打鸣，啼叫
  When a cockcrows, it makes a loud sound, often early in the morning.
  1. The cock crows and the dawn chorus begins.
     雄鸡报晓，鸟儿欢叫。
• VERB 对…洋洋自得;为…自鸣得意
  If you say that someoneis crowing aboutsomething they have achieved or are pleased about, you disapprove of them because they keep telling people proudly about it.
  1. Edwards is already crowing about his assured victory...
     爱德华兹已经在为自己确定无疑的胜利自鸣得意了。
  2. We've seen them all crowing that the movement is dead.
     我们看到他们所有人都为那场运动的覆灭而洋洋自得。
• VERB 欢叫;高兴地说
  If someonecrows, they make happy sounds or say something happily.
  1. She was crowing with delight...
     她欢呼雀跃。
  2. 'I'm not sure I've ever driven a better lap,' crowed a delighted Irvine.
     “我想这也许是我开得最棒的一圈，”欧文高兴地欢呼道。
• PHRASE 成直线地;笔直地
  If you say that a place is a particular distance awayas the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line.
  1. I live at Mesa, Washington, about 10 miles as the crow flies from Hanford.
     我住在华盛顿的梅萨，到汉福德的直线距离约为10英里。

英英释义

noun

• an instance of boastful talk
  1. his brag is worse than his fight
  2. whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
  Synonym:bragbraggingcrowvaporingline-shootinggasconade

adj

• exhibiting self-importance
  1. big talk
  Synonym:boastfulbraggart(a)bragging(a)braggybigcock-a-hoopself-aggrandizingself-aggrandising

双语例句

• He is always crowing over his ancesters.
  他总是以他的祖先自夸。
• They have won the match, but they are not crowing over their defeated opponents.
  他们在比赛中取得了胜利，但是对于被击败的对手并不神气活现。
• Edwards is already crowing about his assured victory
  爱德华兹已经在为自己确定无疑的胜利自鸣得意了。
• For some farmers, roosters crowing at night, cows refusing to go to pasture, or pigs gathering leaves and straw means anything but clear skies.
  对一些农夫来说，公鸡在夜晚啼叫，母牛不肯吃草或猪堆集树叶和稻草都表示坏天气即将来临。
• The ass saw that the lion ran away at the mere crowing of a cock, and therefore summoned courage to attack the lion, and galloped after him for that purpose.
  驴子看见，雄鸡仅仅叫了几声，狮子就吓跑了，因此，鼓足勇气，准备进攻狮子，为此，快速奔跑，去追赶狮子。
• The cock is crowing.
  这只公鸡正在啼鸣。
• We've seen them all crowing that the movement is dead.
  我们看到他们所有人都为那场运动的覆灭而洋洋自得。
• All the family members are crowing over his victory.
  所有家庭成员都为他的胜利而感到高兴。
• And because their internal clocks are sometimes set a bit early, some roosters begin crowing well before sunrise.
  又因为公鸡的生理钟有时候设置得早一些，所以，一些公鸡打鸣在日出前。
• Schools that have achieved good exam results this year have been crowing about it.
  今年考试成绩良好的学校一直在夸耀此事。