cockcrow
noun
literaryuk/ˈkɒk.krəʊ/us/ˈkɑːk.kroʊ/[U]
thetimein themorningwhenlightbeginstoappearand thecock(= amalechicken)crows(= makes asound):
鸡鸣时刻,黎明Iawokebefore cockcrow.我在黎明之前醒来。
Synonym
dawn
[C]
thesoundof acock(= amalechicken)crowing(= making asound):
公鸡的啼叫Ihearda cockcrow.我听见一声鸡鸣。
- Shekepthimtalkinguntil cockcrow.
- Weriseat cockcrow.
- Sheworksfrom cockcrow untildusk.
- Thepriestsdragme out ofbedat the first cockcrow.
- What did that cockcrowmean?
Days & times of day
- afternoon
- afternoons
- am
- arvo
- at the crack of dawnidiom
- high noon
- hour
- in broad daylightidiom
- in the dead of night/winteridiom
- last orders
- night
- nocturnally
- noon
- noontime
- o'clock
- office hours
- the witching hour
- twilit
- workday
- working day
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Animal (non-human) sounds