cockcrow

n. 鸡叫, 拂晓, 黎明

发音

US

词形变化

cockcrows 复数 cockcrows

别名

cock-crow

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

morning dawn sunrise aurora daybreak dawning sunup break of day dayspring first light

上位词 2

hour time of day

词源

From Middle English cok crowe (also as cokkes crowe), equivalent to cock + crow. Likely a suppletive variation of Old English hancrǣd (“cockcrow, dawn”, literally “cock-crowing”), from hana (“cock, rooster”) + crǣd (“crowing”).

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