| 词汇 | coxcomb |
| 释义 | coxcomb noun[ C ] old useuk /ˈkɒks.kəʊm/ us /ˈkɑːks.koʊm/ a man who is too proud of his appearance对自己的外表过度自豪的男性 Coxcomb as I was, there was no doubt in my mind that I could win Olivia. He was a simpering coxcomb of the first water, and the "loudest" dressed man in the state. It has been seen that I never was a coxcomb, not even in my youth. No man, unless he be a downright coxcomb, will ever admit to one woman that another woman has loved him. You are right, my dear Bell, and I am a prating coxcomb. Examples of coxcombcoxcomb Lonsdale soon finds how well-born officers tyrannize non-commissioned officers and soldiers alike; meanwhile, the officers are depicted as coxcombs, rakes, gamblers, and so forth. The galena forms mats of octahedral crystals, the sphalerite is dense and anhedral and the marcasite powdery or displays its coxcomb habit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One unsympathetic courtier calls him a vainglorious coxcomb though not to his face. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Some of the very many similar alternative terms are: coxcomb, fribble, popinjay (meaning parrot), fashion-monger, and ninny. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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