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

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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