peacock
发音
英 [ˈpiːkɒk]
美 [ˈpiːkɑːk]
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- 皮科克（姓氏
- Thomas Love, 1785-1866，英国讽刺小说家、诗人）
单词词源
peacock 雄孔雀
来自中古英语pea,孔雀，来自古英语pawa,孔雀，来自拉丁语pavo,孔雀，可以是来自拟声词，模仿孔雀的叫声。后为区分公母，加上cock.
反义词
n.
双语例句
- 1. The most famous example is the tail of the peacock .
- 最著名的例子就是孔雀开屏。
- 2. In the case of the peacock , the tail works precisely because it cannot be faked .
- 回到孔雀的例子，尾巴的羽毛很重要因为羽毛都是货真价实的。
- 3. The film 's most beautiful scene involves the snowfall and the peacock feathers .
- 电影中最美的一幕中有降雪，有孔雀的翎羽。
- 4. Charles darwin once said that contemplating a peacock 's tail made him sick , such was the difficulty of explaining its complexity .
- 查尔斯达尔文曾说过研究孔雀尾让他有头晕的感觉，可见想解释清楚其复杂性有多难了。
- 5. Just as a peacock can survive and thrive despite its tail , so a woman could survive despite a suppressed immune system .
- 正如孔雀尽管有尾巴还可以生存和茁壮成长一样，尽管免疫系统被抑制，但是女人仍然可以生存。