1772, agent noun from roost (v.); earlier roost cock, c. 1600, in sense of "the roosting bird." Favored in the U.S. originally as a puritan alternative to cock (n.) after it had acquired the secondary sense "penis" (and compare roach).
雙語例句
1. The rooster chased me across the dirt floor of the barn.
公雞追著我跑過穀倉的泥土地麵。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The rooster's crow woke me.
公雞的啼叫聲把我吵醒了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The rooster bristled his crest.
公雞豎起了雞冠.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. The rooster flew up to a big rock and began to crow.
公雞飛上大石頭，開始鳴叫。
來自辭典例句
5. The late moon arose before the first rooster crowed.