金雞報喜：cock的用法和辨析
As conceited man is like the cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him corw.
——George Elliott
一位自高自大的人，就像是一隻公雞，它以爲太陽上升，是爲了聆聽它的啼聲。
——喬治·艾略特
一、關於cock，你應該知道的用法有
n.
1.公雞 an adult male chicken
Every cock crows on his own dunghill.
公雞總在自己草堆上稱雄。
2.雄鳥 a male of any other bird
The cock has brighter coloured feathers than the hen.
雄鳥的羽毛比雌鳥的豔麗。
3.龍頭 a device (as a faucet or valve) for regulating the flow of a liquid
The faucet is turned on full cock.
龍頭的活栓已全開。
v.
（使）豎起，翹起，朝上 [I,T] to raise a part of your body so that it is vertical or at an angle
The dog cocked its leg.
狗擡起一隻腿。
二、你知道cock和哪些詞更搭嗎？
ball cock
n.浮球閥
cock-and-bull story
無稽之談
turkey cock
雄火雞
fighting cock
好鬥的公雞； 愛鬧事、好吵架的人
jungle cock
公原雞
三、學會cock的用法了嗎？來做個小測試吧
The _____'s feathers ruffled at the sight of the dog.
公雞一遇到狗羽毛便直豎起來。
