crowing

英 [ˈkrəʊɪŋ]

美 [ˈkroʊɪŋ]

v.  (尤指在清晨)啼叫，打鸣; (尤指在其他人不成功时)扬扬自得地夸口，自鸣得意; 欢叫
crow的现在分词

复数：crowings　现在分词：crowing　

COCA.40635

柯林斯词典

• 乌鸦
  Acrowis a large black bird which makes a loud, harsh noise.
• VERB (公鸡)打鸣，啼叫
  When a cockcrows, it makes a loud sound, often early in the morning.
  1. The cock crows and the dawn chorus begins.
     雄鸡报晓，鸟儿欢叫。
• VERB 对…洋洋自得;为…自鸣得意
  If you say that someoneis crowing aboutsomething they have achieved or are pleased about, you disapprove of them because they keep telling people proudly about it.
  1. Edwards is already crowing about his assured victory...
     爱德华兹已经在为自己确定无疑的胜利自鸣得意了。
  2. We've seen them all crowing that the movement is dead.
     我们看到他们所有人都为那场运动的覆灭而洋洋自得。
• VERB 欢叫;高兴地说
  If someonecrows, they make happy sounds or say something happily.
  1. She was crowing with delight...
     她欢呼雀跃。
  2. 'I'm not sure I've ever driven a better lap,' crowed a delighted Irvine.
     “我想这也许是我开得最棒的一圈，”欧文高兴地欢呼道。
• PHRASE 成直线地;笔直地
  If you say that a place is a particular distance awayas the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line.
  1. I live at Mesa, Washington, about 10 miles as the crow flies from Hanford.
     我住在华盛顿的梅萨，到汉福德的直线距离约为10英里。

英英释义

noun

• an instance of boastful talk
  1. his brag is worse than his fight
  2. whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
  Synonym:bragbraggingcrowvaporingline-shootinggasconade

adj

• exhibiting self-importance
  1. big talk
  Synonym:boastfulbraggart(a)bragging(a)braggybigcock-a-hoopself-aggrandizingself-aggrandising

双语例句

• He's been crowing about or over his promotion all week.
  整个星期他都在夸耀自己升职一事。
• I thought, at first, it was the crowing of cocks or the barking of dogs at some very distant farm;
  最初我以为那是某个遥远农庄传来的鸡鸣或狗吠；
• BERLIN ( Reuters)& Before leaving on vacation, a German couple set up a loudspeaker and timer rigged to blast their neighbors with the sound of a crowing cock every morning.
  柏林（路透社）：一对德国夫妇在外出度假前安装好了扩音器和定时装置，使其在每天凌晨用刺耳的公鸡啼叫声骚扰邻居。
• I wish he would stop crowing about his examination results.
  我多么希望他不再吹嘘他的考试成绩。
• Listen, the rooster is crowing.
  听，公鸡正在报晓。
• We've seen them all crowing that the movement is dead.
  我们看到他们所有人都为那场运动的覆灭而洋洋自得。
• The roosters were crowing and the dawn was not far off.
  雄鸡报晓，黎明即将来到。
• He never stops crowing over his flashy new car.
  他无时无刻不在吹嘘他那辆闪亮的新车。
• The ass saw that the lion ran away at the mere crowing of a cock, and therefore summoned courage to attack the lion, and galloped after him for that purpose.
  驴子看见，雄鸡仅仅叫了几声，狮子就吓跑了，因此，鼓足勇气，准备进攻狮子，为此，快速奔跑，去追赶狮子。
• The crowing of cocks, the barking of dogs and the calls of vendors carried a long way so that they could be heard clearly in the next street, rather like the cries of cranes coming down from the sky.
  鸡鸣犬吠，和小贩们的吆喝声，都能传达到很远，隔着街能听到些响亮清脆的声儿，象从天上落下的鹤唳。