cock-a-doodle-doo
/ˌkɒk ə ˌduːdl ˈduː/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌkɑːk ə ˌduːdl ˈduː/ (ame, ipa) · /¦käkə̇¦düdᵊlˈdü/ (ame, mw)
cock-a-doodle-doo — 名詞
1. the long, loud cry that a rooster makes, or the word people say when copying tha
雞啼聲
公雞發出的長長叫聲
the long, loud cry that a rooster makes, or the word people say when copying that sound
At first light, a sharp cock-a-doodle-doo came from the farm across the road.
天剛亮時，馬路對面農場傳來一聲尖亮的雞啼聲。
hear a cock-a-doodle-doo from a nearby rooster
The children burst into laughter when Leo's toy rooster let out a cock-a-doodle-doo.
Leo 的玩具公雞發出一聲 cock-a-doodle-doo 時，孩子們都笑了起來。
let out a cock-a-doodle-doo as an imitation
From the dark yard came a proud cock-a-doodle-doo before the hens began to stir.
母雞開始躁動前，昏暗的院子裡先傳來一聲神氣的雞啼聲。
One loud cock-a-doodle-doo woke the campers beside the apple trees.
一聲響亮的雞啼聲，把蘋果樹旁露營的人吵醒了。
- crow
more usual for the actual sound a rooster makes, especially in less playful writing
- rooster's cry
a plain descriptive phrase rather than the sound word itself
用法筆記
Often follows verbs such as hear, let out, and imitate when the sound itself is the focus. It can name the real cry of a rooster or a playful spoken copy of it.
cock-a-doodle-doo — 動詞
- cock-a-doodle-doopresent simple I / you / we / they
- cock-a-doodle-doos3rd person singular
- cock-a-doodle-dooing-ing form
- cock-a-doodle-dooedpast simple
1. to give the loud cry of a rooster, or to copy that cry in a playful way
打鳴
像公雞一樣高聲啼叫
to give the loud cry of a rooster, or to copy that cry in a playful way
From the fence, the old rooster cock-a-doodle-dooed before sunrise.
那隻老公雞在日出前就站在籬笆上打鳴。
intransitive: a rooster cock-a-doodle-doos
Megan laughed as her little nephew cock-a-doodle-dooed around the kitchen.
Megan 的小外甥在廚房裡學著公雞打鳴時，把她逗笑了。
people also cock-a-doodle-doo when copying the sound
Every morning, the white rooster cock-a-doodle-dooed outside Christopher's window.
每天早上，那隻白公雞都會在 Christopher 的窗外打鳴。
During the school play, Eli cock-a-doodle-dooed backstage like the farmyard bird.
學校話劇演出時，Eli 在後台像農場裡的鳥那樣打鳴。
文法句型
a rooster cock-a-doodle-doos
cock-a-doodle-doo before sunrise
cock-a-doodle-doo like a rooster
用法筆記
This verb is playful and much less common than crow. The subject is usually a rooster, though people may also use it when someone is acting out the sound for fun.
2. to show your success in a loud, proud way, especially when other people think yo
得意吹噓
因成功而高聲炫耀
to show your success in a loud, proud way, especially when other people think you are boasting too much
After the easy win, the captain cock-a-doodle-dooed in every interview.
輕鬆獲勝後，隊長在每一場訪問裡都得意地吹噓。
cock-a-doodle-doo after a victory in a boastful way
Bruno could not stop cock-a-doodle-dooing about beating the top seed.
Bruno 打敗頭號種子後，忍不住一直得意吹噓。
pattern: cock-a-doodle-doo about + success
The tabloid cock-a-doodle-dooed over the mayor's narrow court victory.
那家小報對市長驚險贏下官司一事大肆吹噓。
After guessing right once, Omar cock-a-doodle-dooed through the whole meeting.
只猜對一次後，Omar 就在整場會議裡得意吹噓個不停。
- be modest
to avoid showing off after success
文法句型
cock-a-doodle-doo about a win
cock-a-doodle-doo over being right
用法筆記
Very rare and usually disapproving. Distinguish from sense 1, which is the literal cry of a rooster; this sense is about people or institutions showing off after a success or after being proved right.