crow
n
1 any of various types of large black bird with a harsh cry 乌鸦. =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page iv.
2 (idm 习语) as the `crow flies in a straight line 成直线. stone the crows => stone.
crow v (pt crowed or, in archaic use, 古语拼作 crew, pp crowed)
1 [I] (of a cock) make a loud shrill cry, esp at dawn (指公鸡)喔喔叫(尤指黎明时).
2 [I] (of a baby) make sounds showing pleasure (指婴儿)欢叫.
3 [I, Ipr] ~ (over sb/sth)(derog 贬) express gleeful triumph (about one's success, etc) (因成功等而)得意洋洋, 自鸣得意
She won the competition and won't stop crowing (over her rivals/her rivals' failure). 她在比赛中获得了胜利, (在对手[对手的失败]面前)简直得意忘形. crow, n [sing]
crowing sound (公鸡的)喔喔叫声; (婴儿的)欢叫声.
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月牙西下(c)一排(row) 乌鸦
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*[krәu]n. 啼叫, 乌鸦, 鸡鸣, 撬棍vi. 啼叫, 报晓相关词组: eat crow have a crow to pull with sb have a crow to pluck with sb have a crow to pick with sb as the crow flies
Of course, the Hubble is above the earth's atmosphere, so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen.