crow

noun

/krəʊ/

Idioms

a large bird, completely or mostly black, with a rough unpleasant call乌鸦 see also carrion crowTopics Birdsc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- black
- carrion
… of crows
- flock
crow + verb
- 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
- She gave a little crow of triumph.她轻轻地发出了胜利的欢呼声。

词源noun 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

in a straight line成直线地；笔直地
- The villages are no more than a mile apart as the crow flies.这些村庄直线距离相隔不超过一英里。

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

crow

verb

/krəʊ/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they crow	/krəʊ/ /krəʊ/
he / she / it crows	/krəʊz/ /krəʊz/
past simple crowed	/krəʊd/ /krəʊd/
past participle crowed	/krəʊd/ /krəʊd/
-ing form crowing	/ˈkrəʊɪŋ/ /ˈkrəʊɪŋ/

[intransitive] (of a rooster) to make repeated loud high sounds, especially early in the morning（尤指在清晨）啼叫，打鸣
- A cock began to crow.一只公鸡开始啼叫。
[intransitive, transitive] (disapproving) to talk too proudly about something you have achieved, especially when somebody else has been unsuccessful（尤指在其他人不成功时）扬扬自得地夸口，自鸣得意 synonym boast, gloat
- crow (about/over something) He won't stop crowing about his victory.他滔滔不绝地夸耀自己的胜利。
- + speech ‘I've won, I've won!’ she crowed.“我赢了，我赢了！” 她得意忘形地叫道。
- crow that… He crowed that they had sold out in one day.他扬扬得意地炫耀他们一天内就全部售完了。
- ‘I've won, I've won!’ she crowed triumphantly.“我赢了，我赢了，”。她得意洋洋地欢呼。
- The company hasn't much to crow about, with sales down compared with last year.公司的销售额比去年下降了，没有什么可夸耀的。
Topics Successc2
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- triumphantly
- with delight
preposition
- about
- over
[intransitive] (British English) (of a baby婴儿) to make happy sounds欢叫
- She gave the purse to Ruby, who crowed with delight.她把钱包给了鲁比，鲁比高兴得叫了起来。

词源verb Old English crāwan, of West Germanic origin; related to German krähen, also to crow the bird; ultimately imitative.

Crow

noun

/krəʊ/

(plural Crow, Crows)

a member of a Native American people, many of whom live in the US state of Montana克劳人（美洲土著，很多居于美国蒙大拿州）
CultureThe Crow were hunters and grew tobacco. They helped the US Army against the Sioux people. Most Crows now live on a reservation (= land given and protected by the US government) in southern Montana.
词源suggested by French gens de corbeaux, translating Siouan apsáaloke ‘crow people’. Siouan is a family of North American Indian languages.

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