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n.风向标¹⁰⁰复数weathercocks过去分词weathercocked现在分词weathercocking三单weathercocks
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weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster公元9世纪中期罗马天主教会规定，每个教堂的尖顶上要安一个公鸡模型，表示圣彼得St. Peter在公鸡啼叫两遍前三次不认耶稣。耶稣被捕的时候，彼得出于软弱而不敢承认是耶稣的门徒，鸡叫第二遍时，耶稣的警告闪过他的脑际，他懊悔万分，跑出去放声痛哭。正如1619年一位作家所说的，公鸡模型安在教堂尖顶上意在使世人时时“想起自己所犯的罪孽，并和彼得一起祈求上天的宽恕…”… remember our own sinnes and with Peter seeke and obtaine mercy …。以后，人们常将这种雄鸡模型安于风向标上，weathercock也因而得名。weathercock除表示“风向标”外，有时也用于喻义，指“见风使舵的人”或“随风倒的人”。但美国英语不用weathercock指“风向标”，而代之以weathervane。参见cockweathercock stability方向稳定性like a weathercock in the wind像风信鸡一样善变…
蒋争熟词记忆weather气候；风向cock公鸡→“表示风向的形似公鸡之物”⇒风向标；风标最初风标像公鸡；易变的人；随风倒的人weather气候；风向cock公鸡→“表示风向的形似公鸡之物”⇒风向标；风标最初风标像公鸡；易变的人；随风倒的人近义词 cock雄禽windsock风向袋weather vane风标anemometer风速计wind gauge风速表风力计…wind indicator风力器,试风旗…
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用作名词The tower is topped by a low pyramidal roof with aweathercock.这座塔以带有风标的低金字塔形屋顶为顶点。as in.vane
同义词 fan,featheras in.weather vane
同义词 anemometer,cock,vane,windsock,wind vane
vanenoun finned device
fan,feather
weather vanenoun device showing wind direction
anemometer,cock,vane,weathercock,wind vane,windsock A weathervane shaped like a rooster; a weathercock.
风标形状像雄鸡的一个风标； putclub
A weathercock and an artful person, he spoke a lot of beautiful words to please people.
他这个人， 见风使舵， 八面玲珑，说了不少使大家高兴的话。《新英汉大辞典》
All I want to do is to be a weathercock and wait for the God's prescription.
我想做的就是做个墙头草，等待着神的指示。 tianyablog
He looked up at the weathercock.
他抬起头看风向标。 tingvoa
I am no more lonely than the Mill Brook, or a weathercock, or the north star, or the south wind, or an April shower, or a January thaw, or the first spider in a new house.
我不比密尔溪，或一只风信鸡，或北极星，或南风更寂寞，我不比四月的雨或正月的溶雪，或新屋中的第一只蜘蛛更孤独。 www.for68.com
I am no more lonely than the Millbrook, or a weathercock, or the north star, or the south wind, or an April shower, or a January thaw, or the first spider in a new house.
比想密尔溪，风标，北极星，南风，四月春雨，正月融雪，或者新房中的第一只蜘蛛，我也并不更加孤单。 hjenglish
When a dummy was found suspended from a weathercock, an irate Benson and the local constable put their heads together and solved the mystery.
当一个假人被发现吊在风标上时，愤怒的本森和当地警员集思广益，解开了谜团。 bookooo.cn |