| 释义 |
to eat crow
基本例句
吃乌鸦
Our neighbor hadto eat crowyesterday.昨天，我们的邻居真是丢了脸。
His predictions were completely wrong, and he hadto eat crow.他的预测完全错误，他不得不认错。
They boasted that they could beat the new team,but they lost and hadto eat crow.他们自夸能击败那支新队，但是他们输了，只好认错。
But he hadto eat crowwhen the woman running against him won by more than 60,000 votes.这句话的意思是：“那个竞选市长的人到处吹嘘说他肯定能得到大多数选民的拥护，
John had boasted that he would play in the first team; but when the coach did not choose him, he hadto eat crow.约翰本来夸口说他能在第一队比赛,但教练没有选他,他只好承认自己不行。
They boasted that they could beat the new team, but they lost and hadto eat crow.他们自夸能击败那支新队，但是他们输了，只好认错。 |