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单词 craw
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Definition of craw in English:

craw

noun krɔːkrɔ
dated
  • The crop of a bird or insect.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Life, when it landed here, arrived only through powerful stamina or spectacular accident: a fern's spore drifting on the trade wind, a seed in the craw of a bird, the bird itself.

Phrases

  • stick in one's craw

    • dated

      it sticks in his craw that he, with his row of medals, must have me for a son-in-law
      see stick

Origin

Late Middle English: from or related to Middle Dutch crāghe or Middle Low German krage 'neck, throat'.

Rhymes

abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your
 
 

Definition of craw in US English:

craw

nounkrôkrɔ
dated
  • 1The crop of a bird or insect.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Life, when it landed here, arrived only through powerful stamina or spectacular accident: a fern's spore drifting on the trade wind, a seed in the craw of a bird, the bird itself.
    1. 1.1humorous The stomach of a person or animal.

Origin

Late Middle English: from or related to Middle Dutch crāghe or Middle Low German krage ‘neck, throat’.

 
 
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