(1)公鸡(fully-grown male of the domestic fowl)[C](BrE) (=rooster)：keep two～s and three hens养着两只公鸡，三只母鸡;The～crowed in the farmyard.公鸡在场院里啼鸣。〖同〗rooster;〖反〗hen;

(2)雄禽 (fully-grown male of any type of small bird)[C](尤用于合成词)：～sparrow/robin/pheasant 雄麻雀/知更鸟/野鸡;

→′cock-crow n 黎明;′cock-fight n 斗鸡;′cockpit n 斗鸡场;′cocktail n 鸡尾酒;′cockscomb n 鸡冠;鸡冠花(帽);′cocky adj 狂妄自大的，骄傲的;͵cock′sure adj 狂妄的