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单词 cock-a-hoop
释义 cock-a-hoop
\|käkə|hüp, -hu̇p\ adjective
Etymology: perhaps from cock (I) (male fowl) + a (III) + hoop (measure of grain); from the phrase to set the cock a hoop, to live extravagantly, literally, to put the cock on the (full) measure of grain
1.
 a. : elated and exulting especially with abandon : triumphantly boastful
  < exaggeratedly cock-a-hoop and strutting deportment — R.H.Rovere >
  < cock-a-hoop with success >
 b. : in buoyant spirits : lively
  < the cat … just went off into the bush and probably ate something, for he came back in a few days quite cock-a-hoop and as ready to eat snakes as ever — R.A.W.Hughes >
2. : awry, cockeyed
 < porch askew, chimneys all cock-a-hoop — Kenneth Roberts >
 < knock an argument cock-a-hoop >
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