cock-of-the-rock
摇滚公鸡,摇滚公爵,岩石公鸡,岩石公爵
Definitions
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plural cocks-of-the-rock.
- : a brilliant orange-red bird of the genus Rupicola, of northern South America, having an erect crest that conceals the bill.
Examples
France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
The atmosphere on campuses has gotten repressive enough that comedian Chris Rock no longer plays colleges.
Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
And, as the enigmatic front man to an avant garde indie rock group, he is droll, perceptive, and splendidly weird.
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
The well-known "cock and bull" stories of small children are inspired by this love of strong effect.
The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.
There lay Bob Rock, covered with blood, and apparently insensible.
When she heard it there came before her imagination the figure of a man standing beside a desolate rock on the seashore.