单词:roost-cock
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The Cock and the Pearl A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw.
Now, the VOA Learning English program, Words and Their Stories. 这里是美国之音英语学习计划的单词故事节目。 In the English language, some animals have come to represent human characteristics.Lions are brave.Foxes are tricky.And el
A cock and bull story,公鸡和公牛的故事?非也,非也。它的意思是“荒诞的故事、无稽之谈、无伤大雅的谎言”。 1620年左右,这个短语第一次出现。据说当
The Cock and the Jewel As a cock was scratching up the straw in a farmyard,in search of food for the hens,he hit upon a jewel that by some chance had found its way there.Ho!said he,you are a very fine thing,no doubt,to those who prize y
A cat caught a cock,and took counsel with himeself how he might find a reasonable excuse for eating him.He accused him of being a nuisance to men,by crowing in the night time,and not permitting them to sleep.The cock defended himself by say