cockchafer
英 ['kɒk,tʃeɪfə]
美 ['kɑktʃefɚ]
cockchafer 鳃角金龟，五月甲虫来自cock和chafer（金龟子）的组合词。cock, 此处表强调，大，比较bullfrog,horseradish.
- cockchafer
- cockchafer: [18] Etymologically, cockchafer (a medium-sized beetle) is probably a ‘large gnawer’. The second part of the word, which goes back to Old English times (ceafor), can be traced to a prehistoric base *kab- ‘gnaw’, source also of English jowl. The first element, cock, may be an allusion to the species’ greater size in relation to other chafers.
=> jowl
- 1. If so, he would at any rate be able to deliver the cockchafer speech.
- 若是那样, 他无论如何也要把那一番骂人的话发泄出来.
来自辞典例句
- 2. Left with nothing to say, Dixon realized how wild a notion the cockchafer speech had been.
- 狄克逊感到无话可说, 同时意识到那个想骂人的念头是多么不切合实际.
来自辞典例句
- 3. Suddenly a GREat cockchafer buzzed along . Alas!
- 突然一只很大的金龟子 嗡 嗡嗡飞过.
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