crow學測 L2KK [ˈkro] ｜ /ˈkroʊ/
烏鴉；嘎嘎叫的黑鳥·公雞啼聲；雞鳴·自吹自擂；得意誇耀
身兼名詞與動詞，語意跨度大易混淆
Every morning, the rooster's crow wakes the whole farm.
每天早晨，公雞的啼叫聲吵醒整座農場。
一個畫面：昂首扯嗓大聲鳴叫
烏鴉啼叫黑鳥發出粗啞的叫聲
公雞報曉清晨扯開嗓子啼叫
得意宣告像公雞般拉高嗓門誇耀
義項
烏鴉聒噪C2noun烏鴉；嘎嘎叫的黑鳥
The crows outside made so much noise that I could not sleep.
外頭的烏鴉太吵，害我睡不著。
a flock of crows
公雞報曉C1noun公雞啼聲；雞鳴
The rooster's crow woke up the whole farm early in the morning.
公雞的啼叫聲一大早就把整座農場吵醒了。
the rooster's crow
得意誇耀C1verb自吹自擂；得意誇耀
It's not polite to crow about winning all the time.
老是炫耀自己贏並不禮貌。
crow about a victorycrow about winning
片語
crow about昂首大聲炫耀 →得意洋洋地誇耀
as the crow flies烏鴉直線飛 →以直線距離計算
eat crow吞下烏鴉肉 →被迫承認自己犯錯
你會不會這樣說？
"The rooster's crow woke up the whole farm early in the morning." 這句的 crow 是名詞還是動詞？
看答案
名詞
crow 前面接所有格 rooster's，指啼叫聲這個東西，是名詞用法。
It's not polite to ___ about winning all the time. (crow / crown)
看答案
crow
crow 作動詞指自誇；crown 是皇冠，兩字只差一個字母易看錯。
字族
scarecrow 稻草人・crowbar 鐵撬棍