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N-COUNT
烏鴉
A crow is a large black bird which makes a loud, harsh noise.
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VERB
(公雞)打鳴，啼叫
When a cock crows, it makes a loud sound, often early in the morning.
例句
The cock crows and the dawn chorus begins.
雄雞報(bào)曉，鳥(niǎo)兒歡叫。
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VERB
對(duì)…洋洋自得;為…自鳴得意
If you say that someone is crowing about something they have achieved or are pleased about, you disapprove of them because they keep telling people proudly about it.
例句
Edwards is already crowing about his assured victory...
愛(ài)德華茲已經(jīng)在為自己確定無(wú)疑的勝利自鳴得意了。
We've seen them all crowing that the movement is dead.
我們看到他們所有人都為那場(chǎng)運(yùn)動(dòng)的覆滅而洋洋自得。
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VERB
歡叫;高興地說(shuō)
If someone crows, they make happy sounds or say something happily.
例句
She was crowing with delight...
她歡呼雀躍。
'I'm not sure I've ever driven a better lap,' crowed a delighted Irvine.
“我想這也許是我開(kāi)得最棒的一圈，”歐文高興地歡呼道。
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PHRASE
成直線地;筆直地
If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line.
例句
I live at Mesa, Washington, about 10 miles as the crow flies from Hanford.
我住在華盛頓的梅薩，到漢福德的直線距離約為10英里。