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peacock

/pee-kok/US // ˈpiˌkɒk //UK // (ˈpiːˌkɒk) //

孔雀,孔雀开屏,孔雀座,孔子

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pea·cocks, pea·cock.

    • : the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
    • : any peafowl.
    • : a vain, self-conscious person.
    • : Astronomy. the constellation Pavo.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make a vainglorious display; strut like a peacock.

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Examples

  • Paramount Plus will compete with NBC Universal’s Peacock and Warner Media’s HBO Max, which launched eight and 10 months earlier, respectively.

  • Stream Downton Abbey on Amazon Prime or Peacock, and Bridgerton on Netflix.

  • For example, NBCUniversal’s Peacock is in a similar distribution standoff with Samsung that it has been in with Amazon and Roku, according to The Information.

  • Peacock has shows from corporate parent Comcast’s Spanish-language property Telemundo.

  • The stalemate likely involves Samsung wanting to be able to sell a share Peacock’s ad inventory.

  • Peacock served as an expert witness on grizzlies in federal court for Glacier National Park.

  • Doug Peacock has been writing and lecturing about Yellowstone's bears for 40 years.

  • Among the angels is Tawuse Melek, who is often called the peacock angel.

  • Sure, Katy Perry might want to “see your peacock” but Lana wants to ride it down the street while doing a parade wave.

  • Efron, in a blink, went from shy concealment to peacock-ish display.

  • The Daily News, in referring to this, suggests that "peacock temper" was a misprint for "pique, or temper."

  • They went away feeling ready for any trouble in reason, and they gave Leo more peacock feathers and pence than he could count.

  • Jessie had dressed Henrietta, and the child was preening herself in the sun like a peacock.

  • Occasionally Malcolm shot a peacock, but shooting birds with a revolver is a difficult sport and wasteful of ammunition.

  • Jackson went among his men boasting loudly how he had taken the starch out of that young peacock of a captain.