cockerel

IPA/ˈkɒkərəl/
IPA/ˈkɑːkərəl/

cockerel — 名詞

  • cockerelsingular
  • cockerelsplural

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

1.名詞C1
釋義

小公雞

未滿一歲的年輕公雞

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.

Vikram 在肯特郡的小農場養了三隻母雞和一隻吵鬧的小公雞。

typical farmyard subject: hens contrasted with a single cockerel

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

天剛亮，那隻年輕的小公雞就在 Maeve 的臥室窗外大聲啼叫。

collocation: cockerel + crow at dawn

常見搭配
  • young cockerel
  • noisy cockerel
  • cockerel crows
  • raise a cockerel
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.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • cockerel crow
  • cockerel feathers

常用片語

  • young cockerel
  • a noisy cockerel