英:[ˌkɒkˈʃʊə(r)]
美:[ˌkɑkˈʃʊr]
英:[ˌkɒkˈʃʊə(r)]
美:[ˌkɑkˈʃʊr]
cock·sure
kak shuhr [or] kak shur
cocksurely (adv.), cocksureness (n.)
词根:cocky
adj.cocky 自大的;骄傲的;过于自信的
Adjective
1. marked by excessive confidence;
"an arrogant and cocksure materialist"
"so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"
"the less he knows the more positive he gets"
也称 cock-sure,指1510年代的“确定的,自信的”,源于 cock(n.1)和 sure(adj.)的结合。可能是“像公鸡一样自信”。“这个词最初非常有尊严,经常在最庄严的联系中使用”[OED]。D.H.劳伦斯在1929年开玩笑地创造了 hensure 作为女性版本。
probably from cock >entry 1 + sure
The first known use of cocksure was in 1672
codnoun
a soft-finned fish of the colder parts of the North Atlantic that is a major food fishalso: any of several related fishes
cocoonnoun
an envelope usually of silk which the larva of some insects (as moths) forms about itself and in which it passes the pupa stage compare chrysalis
a covering suggesting a cocoon
cocoonnoun
an envelope usually of silk which the larva of some insects (as moths) forms about itself and in which it passes the pupa stage compare chrysalis
a covering suggesting a cocoon
coconutnoun
the large egg-shaped husk-covered fruit of the coconut palm
coconutnoun
the large egg-shaped husk-covered fruit of the coconut palm
cocoanoun
a cacao tree
powdered ground cacao beans from which some of the fat has been removed
a beverage made from heating cocoa with water or milk
cockyadjective
being too sure of oneself
jaunty
cocktailnoun
an iced drink of distilled liquor mixed with flavoring ingredients
an appetizer (as tomato juice) served as a first course at a meal
cocksureadjective
perfectly sure : certain
cocky sense 1
1 After the evacuation, the four Brits were skewered as irresponsible and cocksure by Icelanders and media outlets around the world.
2 This OJ is a man emotionally beaten and humbled, a far cry from the cocksure, assertive football star and actor who once lorded over Los Angeles’s tony Brentwood neighborhood.
3 The actor, whose cocksure smile and bedroom eyes have carried him a long way already, treats "Whiplash" like a proving ground.
4 Smith The stylish guitarist, the cocksure front man; Kasabian are often dismissed as an Oasis tribute favoured by lager-swilling football hooligans.
5 In the key role of Francis, Wilder comes up with a plausible, swaggering, cocksure persona.
6 Craig Kilborn, the fratty cocksure original host of The Daily Show, had gotten his big call-up from CBS to host the late-night slot following David Letterman’s, which was one of two jobs Stewart didn’t get.
7 Individually they constitute a cocksure human thief, a green female alien, a bald blue bruiser and a talking raccoon who never goes anywhere without his personal bodyguard... a walking tree named Groot.
8 We also learn about a cocksure young man slow to realize the high price of war to those who lived through it.
9 “Coal took them in as teenagers, proud, cocksure, and gave them back fully played out. Withered and silent,” Scotton writes.
10 Few trainers, even the most cocksure, were fool enough to buy a horse from the master.
11 Don't be so cocksure that he will succeed.
不要那么确信他会成功。
12 He's so cocksure I'd love to see him proved wrong.
他过分自信--我 倒 想看看他栽跟头.
13 Instead, the top results consist of many outraged responses to Lemon's cocksure proclamation.
14 Together they watch YouTube footage of Lane’s glory days as a cocksure young champ.
15 Both actors are quite watchable, and presumably as the series goes along it will close the gap between Mr. Flynn’s cocksure, somewhat impudent Einstein and Mr. Rush’s scholarly one.
16 He was cocksure and tackily dressed in a plaid blazer, red tie and a carnation pinned to his lapel; Brockmire’s flame burned a little too brightly.
17 Harlow is a notably adept technical rapper, cocksure and also sometimes witty; some of his earliest breakout moments were punch-line-packed radio freestyles.
18 Cocksure, she is cocksure, but uneasy.
她的确很自信,但不自在。
19 Nayeri’s demeanor — usually cocksure — became unhinged.
20 It is cocksure, impatient, cold, exciting and instinctively perceptive.
它自信而专横、缺乏耐心、兴奋并有着敏锐的直觉。
1 自负
cock-a-hoop self-affected vauntful vogie self-opinioned huffish cockish grand confident vain assuming puffy stuffy pretentious overblown swanky pompous pontifical vaunted conceited boastful overconfident self-assured self-important chesty ditzy flatulent priggish self-opinionated high-blown vaunty toplofty biggety big overconfidently self-trust self-assumption security wind confidence superior pride boast ego self-esteem self-confidence conceit pragmatism self-love flatulence overconfidence egoism self-assurance self-worth vainglory vaunt pomposity self-conceit tympany self-pride self-admiration self-opinion self-glory swell huff high-hat think penny silver be above oneself
3 过于自信
overweening be sure of yourself positive confident self-sufficient overconfident overconfidently overconfidence all over oneself
4 独断
positive absolute pragmatic peremptory casuistic casuistical magistral dogmatically conceit pragmatism arbitrariness dogmatize
5 一定
sure safe regular positive given upset definite stated invariant determinate definitely certainly surely anytime needs assuring perdie
6 自负的
cock-a-hoop self-affected vauntful vogie self-opinioned huffish cockish grand confident vain assuming puffy stuffy pretentious overblown swanky pompous pontifical vaunted conceited boastful overconfident self-assured self-important chesty ditzy flatulent priggish self-opinionated high-blown vaunty toplofty biggety
8 必定的
9 自以为是的
assuming cocky presumptuous presuming assumptive snot-nosed too big for boots brash snotty snotty-nosed holier-than-thou self-righteous bumptious dogmatic pompous uppity big-headed assured flaky smug smarty flakey
10 确信
sure certain positive confident security trust confidence conviction assurance certainty assured persuasion positivity certitude believe satisfy convince assure
12 过分自信的