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

• 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。
• 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。
• On September 19th Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu was the first to report revenues for its 2012 fiscal year, crowing of 8.6% growth, to$ 31.3 billion.
  9月19日，德勤全球（deloittetouchetohmatsu）第一个发布了2012财年的收入报告，称其收入了增长8.6%至313亿美元。
• How do you stop a cockerel crowing on Sunday morning?
  你怎么阻止小公鸡在星期天的早晨啼叫？
• The crowing of cock pheasants from the thicket beside the old road warned me that I was on preserved grounds.
  在小道附近的丛林中间，雄雉的啼叫声警告我，我已进入了禁猎区。
• My co-worker is always crowing about how great she is.
  我的同事老爱夸耀她有多伟大。
• Listen, the rooster is crowing.
  听，公鸡正在报晓。
• 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；
• One was the growing popularity of urban trails, which led to crowing and user conflicts, especially among cyclists, walkers, in-line skaters and equestrians.
  一个是城市步行道的日益流行造成拥挤和使用者间的矛盾，特别是在骑车、步行、轮滑和骑马的人之间。
• Schools that have achieved good exam results this year have been crowing about it.
  今年考试成绩良好的学校一直在夸耀此事。