cockerel

/ˈkɒkərəl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkɑːkərəl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkä-k(ə-)rəl/ (ame, mw)

cockerel — noun

  • cockerelsingular
  • cockerelsplural

1. a male chicken under one year old, before it becomes a fully grown rooster.

1.名詞C1
釋義

a male chicken under one year old, before it becomes a fully grown rooster.

例句

Vikram keeps three hens and one noisy cockerel on his small farm in Kent.

typical farmyard subject: hens contrasted with a single cockerel

At dawn the young cockerel began to crow loudly outside Maeve's bedroom window.

collocation: cockerel + crow at dawn

同義詞
  • young rooster

    descriptive paraphrase; clearer for learners who don't know 'cockerel'

  • young cock

    British English; 'cock' alone can mean the adult male

反義詞
  • pullet

    a young female chicken under one year old — the female counterpart

  • hen

    the adult female chicken

文法句型

a/the cockerel

cockerels

用法筆記

Distinguish from 'rooster' (fully grown adult male) and 'cock' (general adult male, especially British English). 'Cockerel' specifically marks the bird as young — typically under one year old.

常見錯誤

❌The cockerel laid an egg this morning.
✅The hen laid an egg this morning.
💡only female chickens (hens) lay eggs; a cockerel is male.
❌The cockerel is twelve years old.
✅The rooster is twelve years old.
💡once the bird is over one year old, it is a rooster, not a cockerel.