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- a male bird, especially of a domestic fowl公鸡; 雄禽。
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- in combination used in names of birds, especially game birds, e.g. snowcock, watercock用于鸟名中, 尤指猎鸟, 如snowcock, watercock。
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- Brit. a male lobster, crab, or salmon〈英〉雄龙虾; 雄螃蟹; 雄鲑鱼。
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- Brit. informal a friendly form of address among men〈英, 非正式〉老兄, 老弟, 哥们（男性之间的友好称呼）：
please yourself, cock.
你高兴怎样就怎样吧, 老兄。
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- vulgar slang a man's penis〈粗俚〉鸡巴。
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- mass noun Brit. informal nonsense〈英, 非正式〉胡说, 废话：
that's all a lot of cock.
那都是胡说八道。
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- a firing lever in a gun which can be raised to be released by the trigger（枪的）击铁, 撞针。
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- a stopcock（控制管道液体、气体流出的）龙头; 活栓。
with obj.
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- tilt (something) in a particular direction使倾斜：
she cocked her head slightly to one side.
她把头微微歪向一边。
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- bend a (limb or joint) at an angle弯曲（臂、腿或关节）：
Madge threw herself into the armchair and cocked her legs over the side.
玛奇一下子坐在扶手椅中, 双腿架在扶手上。
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- (of a male dog) lift (a back leg) in order to urinate（公狗）翘起（一条后腿）撒尿。
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- raise the cock of (a gun) in order to make it ready for firing扳起（枪的）击铁（准备射击）。
短语
at full cock
- (of a gun) with the cock lifted to the position at which the trigger will act（枪）击铁处于击发状态, 准备射击。
cock one's ear
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- (of a dog) raise its ears to an erect position（狗）竖起耳朵。
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- (of a person) listen attentively to or for something（人）留心倾听。
cock one's eye
- glance in a quizzical or knowing manner with a raised eyebrow（扬起一边的眉毛）好奇地（或会意地）看一眼。
cock of the walk
- someone who dominates others within a group（一群人中）的称霸者; 头领。
cock a snook
- 见SNOOK1.
词源
Old English cocc, from medieval Latin coccus; reinforced in Middle English by Old French coq.
短语动词
cock something up（或cock up）
- Brit. informal spoil or ruin something as a result of incompetence or inefficiency〈英, 非正式〉把…搞糟;扰乱;破坏：
the party cocked up the Euro-elections.
这个党把欧盟选举搞砸了。
- dated a small pile of hay, straw, or other material, with vertical sides and a rounded top〈旧〉（侧面垂直有圆顶的干草等的）小堆。
词源
late Middle English: perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian kok 'heap, lump', Danish kok 'haycock', and Swedish koka 'clod'.