3VERB 对…洋洋自得;为…自鸣得意 If you say that someone is crowing about something they have achieved or are pleased about, you disapprove of them because they keep telling people proudly about it. 对…洋洋自得;为…自鸣得意 [informal, disapproval]
Edwards is already crowing about his assured victory. [V + about/over]
爱德华兹已经在为自己确定无疑的胜利自鸣得意了。
We've seen them all crowing that the movement is dead. [VERB that]
4VERB 欢叫;高兴地说 If someone crows, they make happy sounds or say something happily. 欢叫;高兴地说
She was crowing with delight. [VERBwith noun]
她欢呼雀跃。
'I'm not sure I've ever driven a better lap,' crowed a delighted Irvine. [VERB with quote]
“我想这也许是我开得最棒的一圈,”欧文高兴地欢呼道。
5PHRASE 成直线地;笔直地 If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line. 成直线地;笔直地
I live at Mesa, Washington, about 10 miles as the crow flies from Hanford.
ADJECTIVE | ... OF CROWS | CROW + VERBADJECTIVE➤black黑烏鴉▸➤carrion(歐亞大陸的)小嘴烏鴉... OF CROWS➤flock一群烏鴉CROW + VERB➤fly烏鴉飛▸➤perch烏鴉停落◇The black crow perched on the telephone pole.那隻黑烏鴉落在電話線杆上。➤caw烏鴉叫crow
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ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤triumphantly, with delight洋洋得意地/高興地歡呼◇She gave the purse to Ruby, who crowed with delight.她把錢包給了魯比,魯比高興得叫了起來。PREPOSITION➤about, over得意揚揚地談論◇The company hasn't much to crow about, with sales down compared with last year.公司的銷售額比去年下降了,沒有什麼可誇耀的。