英语词汇“peacock”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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A peacock is a shiny blue bird who fans out his large colorful iridescent tail feathers, especially when he’s flirting with the peahens. A peacock is a male peafowl.

A male peacock is more flamboyant than his female counterpart — he’s the one with those long brilliant tail feathers marked with eye-like designs. If a man (a human!) dresses overly flashy, he’s “peacocking.” The writer Flannery O’ Connor was famous for having peacocks strut around her farm in Georgia. Peacocks also have a loud call that sounds almost like a human cry. The word peacock has many etymological influences, and it may ultimately come from the Tamil tokei.

WORD FAMILY

peacock: peacocks

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Stepping into the foyer, you turn to the right and see a sitting room featuring yellow stained-glass windows inset with peacock designs and yellow paneling.

Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)

The Irish finished 22 points below their average of 85.3, but held the Peacocks to 35.7 percent shooting from the field.

Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016)

CIA deputy’s management mantra: ‘No jerks, no whiners, no peacocks’

Washington Post(Dec 12, 2016)

n male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots

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bird of Juno, peafowl

very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird

n European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot

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Inachis io, peacock butterfly

brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly

medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast

单词	peacock
释义	peacock (once / 1061 pages) 1n 2n A peacock is a shiny blue bird who fans out his large colorful iridescent tail feathers, especially when he’s flirting with the peahens. A peacock is a male peafowl. A male peacock is more flamboyant than his female counterpart — he’s the one with those long brilliant tail feathers marked with eye-like designs. If a man (a human!) dresses overly flashy, he’s “peacocking.” The writer Flannery O’ Connor was famous for having peacocks strut around her farm in Georgia. Peacocks also have a loud call that sounds almost like a human cry. The word peacock has many etymological influences, and it may ultimately come from the Tamil tokei. WORD FAMILY peacock: peacocks USAGE EXAMPLES Stepping into the foyer, you turn to the right and see a sitting room featuring yellow stained-glass windows inset with peacock designs and yellow paneling. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The Irish finished 22 points below their average of 85.3, but held the Peacocks to 35.7 percent shooting from the field. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) CIA deputy’s management mantra: ‘No jerks, no whiners, no peacocks’ Washington Post(Dec 12, 2016) 1 n male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots Hyper bird of Juno, peafowl very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird 2 n European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot Syn\|Hyper Inachis io, peacock butterfly brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast
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