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see cock >entry 1
The first known use of cocky was in 1768
cockleburnoun
any of a genus of plants that have prickly fruits and are related to the thistlesalso: one of its fruits
cockle1 of 2noun
any of several weeds of grain fields
cockle2 of 2noun
an edible mollusk with a ribbed two-valved shell
cockleshell
cock1 of 4noun
the adult male of a bird and especially the domestic chicken
a device (as a faucet or valve) for controlling the flow of a liquid
the cocked position of the hammer of a firearm
a rifle at half cock
cock2 of 4verb
to draw back the hammer of (a gun) in readiness for firing
cock a pistol
to set or draw back in readiness for some action
cock your arm to throw
to turn, tip, or tilt upward or to one side
cock one's head
cock3 of 4noun
tilt entry 2 sense 4, slant
a cock of the head
cock4 of 4noun
a small pile (as of hay)
cockyadjective
being too sure of oneself
jaunty
1 There's a difference between confidence and cockiness, and the Lakers understand the difference better than most teams.
自信和自大之间是有区别的,湖人比大多数球队都理解这个区别。
2 Self-assured to the point of cockiness, a wicked sense of humor, scary-ambitious yet charmingly eager to please, fashion-forward: it’s an intoxicating brew.
3 Maybe that’s not a surprise in the performative age of selfies and social media, but the cockiness of the volunteers is striking.
4 That cockiness was very much in the air, and I wanted to reflect that.
5 I was so eager and so excited to be in L.A. and I had this youthful kind of cockiness about me, to be honest.
6 After a spirited conversation, she said she began to realize she had “mistaken his confidence for cockiness.”
7 With his quickness, his cockiness and his versatility, Mr. Carter seemed like the quintessential Catskills comic.
8 But excessive cockiness is not a sign of too much success. Rather, it is usually rooted in insecurity and lack of self-confidence.
但是这种夸夸其谈并不是获得成功的表现,相反,它是一种不自信、缺乏安全感的表现。
9 His cockiness has evaporated by then, replaced by a tearful despair that has sent him to his knees before God, confessing his sins with an anguish that is absolutely flaying.
10 There was an almost unreal cockiness in all this, as if Wang had to prove that a femme fatale could also be the next Horowitz.
11 The job does require extraordinary confidence, and perhaps Ramaswamy’s cockiness helps explain why Republican voters lately have given him a bump in the polls.
12 The cockiness that Frankie was known for and that Diana once found fascinating—until she realized he wasn’t as confident as he pretended to be—was gone.
13 Arguably no quarterback has been better the past two seasons, with his flair for fourth-quarter dramatics and his moxie and cockiness becoming hallmarks of the team.
14 Not that they needed understanding—young people were the same in every generation—but this cockiness, this refusal to take seriously the gravest questions of their lives, nettled and irritated her.
15 Davis’s Tristan, exuding laid-back cockiness and smarts, seems right at home in this spry but uneven production directed by Hannah Todd and Bridget Grace Sheaff for the classics-focused troupe We Happy Few.
16 It quotes Sonny King, a friend of the singer, as saying: "The Boys got on to Frank. In part because he was a saloon singer and they loved saloon songs, and they liked his cockiness...
西纳特拉的生前的另一位好友、索尼-金说:“这些人(黑帮成员)与西纳特拉亲近,因为他们喜欢他的歌曲,欣赏他的狂傲个性,就把他视为自己的孩子一样关照。”
17 We respond to his street smarts and cockiness, but his startlingly mature eyes tell us his bravado conceals fears and insecurities he is barely capable of articulating.
18 The Kraken’s first goal was part elite skill, part cockiness, part chemistry and part luck — percentages irrelevant.
19 In other words: Don’t get too cocky, U.S. stock bulls.
20 Only something that extreme could strip away the surety and yes, cockiness, Rick had acquired through his ability to survive and even thrive in the new dystopian world.
1 趾高气扬
expansive strut bloated cocky chuff sidy cocksy tall cockily cockhorse swell cock astrut high-spirited cock-a-hoop perkily roister be above oneself hold head high put on airs puffed up
2 得意扬扬
triumphant flushed exultant palmy gloating cock-a-hoop triumphantly vainly elatedly triumph elation crow as proud as a peacock tread on air on the high ropes feel oats walk on air up in the air in triumph
3 狂妄自大
4 过于自信