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).
双语例句
1. The rooster chased me across the dirt floor of the barn.
公鸡追着我跑过谷仓的泥土地面。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The rooster's crow woke me.
公鸡的啼叫声把我吵醒了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The rooster bristled his crest.
公鸡竖起了鸡冠.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. The rooster flew up to a big rock and began to crow.
公鸡飞上大石头，开始鸣叫。
来自辞典例句
5. The late moon arose before the first rooster crowed.