| 单词 | crow |
| 释义 | crow (once / 733 pages) 1n 2nv 3vn A crow is a large, intelligent, black bird with a loud call. Farmers and gardeners set up "scarecrows" to keep crows away from their seeds and crops. A crow is glossy and dark, a close relation of the raven, and a large group of crows is known as a murder. When a crow caws, you can also say it crows — and another way to crow is to call out with satisfaction about something: "I'm so proud of the award I just want to crow about it all day long!" The Old English root of crowe is crawe, which imitates the sound a crow makes. WORD FAMILYcrow: crowed, crowing, crows+/crowing: crowings USAGE EXAMPLESIt grew to more than 3,000 names — longer than the Chevy Chase Country Club’s, Don crowed to a Post reporter in 1985. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) The company crows that it’s the best-selling premium three-row crossover in history. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Hopefully president Trump controls the neocon factions in CIA and state department, we don't need more cooks in an awfully crowed kitchen. New York Times(Dec 19, 2016) 1 n black birds having a raucous call 2Hypo|Hyper American crow, Corvus brachyrhyncos common crow of North America corvine bird birds of the crow family 1n the cry of a rooster (or an imitation of it) Hypo|Hyper cock-a-doodle-doo an imitation of the crow of a cock cry the characteristic utterance of an animal 2v utter shrill sounds 3The cocks crowed all morning Hyper emit, let loose, let out, utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) 1v express pleasure verbally She crowed with joy Hyper emit, let loose, let out, utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) 2v dwell on with satisfaction Syn|Hypo|Hyper gloat, triumph congratulate, preen pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt show off 3n an instance of boastful talk Syn|Hyper brag, bragging, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise speaking of yourself in superlatives Crow (once / 1683 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY Crow: Crows USAGE EXAMPLESCrows soared above sandstone walls as we ran our hands along petrified sand dunes and felt cool mystery. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Crow even met with Amish elders to weigh the effect of John’s decision when he faced his community. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) So she brought the extraordinary tale to the masses — about black women working in a technical field in the Jim Crow South. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) 1 1n a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana Hyper Siouan, Sioux a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains 2n a Siouan language spoken by the Crow 2Hyper Siouan, Siouan language a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux n a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo Syn|Exp Corvus constellation a configuration of stars as seen from the earth |
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