英语词源
- cock-a-hoop
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cock-a-hoop: [16] Cock-a-hoop comes from a 16th- and 17th-century expression set the cock on the hoop ‘make merry’ – but exactly how the expression arose is not clear. One obvious interpretation is that it meant ‘put the tap on the barrel’ – that is, let the wine or beer flow freely – but it has also been suggested that hoop here means ‘measure of grain’ (a sense which originated in the 16th century), the notion being that to put a cockerel on a heap of grain implied prodigality.
权威例句
- 1. His hands were too weak to cock his revolver.
- 他的手没劲儿，扳不动左轮手枪的扳机。
- 2. This was just an administrative cock-up.
- 这纯粹是管理上的混乱。
- 3. The cock's breast is tinged with chestnut.
- 这只公鸡胸部羽毛呈浅栗色，带有白色细条纹。
- 4. The jury did not believe the witness'cock and bull story.
- 陪审团不相信证人的无稽之谈.
- 5. The cock is crowing.
- 这只公鸡正在啼鸣.