Word · Frequency #20571
cob
矮脚马；矮脚挽马
a stocky short-legged horse used for riding
- 1.
A corncob.
- 2.
A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.
用皮带或木板击打臀部作为惩罚。
- 3.
The seed-bearing head of a plant.
- 4.
A male swan.
- 5.
A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, stone, or excrement.
- 6.
A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe; also called cobb, rammed earth or pisé.
- 7.
A horse having a stout body and short legs.
- 8.
Any of the gold and silver coins that were minted in the Spanish Empire and valued in reales or escudos, such as the piece of eight—especially those which were crudely struck and irregularly shaped.
- 9.
A spider (cf. cobweb).
- 10.
A small fish, the miller's thumb.
- 11.
A large fish, especially the kabeljou (variant spelling of kob).
成年雄性天鹅；公天鹅；用皮带或木板击打臀部作为惩罚。；圆块
In use
The farmer picked a sturdy cob to pull the cart through the muddy lane.
The children loved riding the gentle cob around the small paddock.
On many farms, cobs are still used for light pulling work because they are strong and calm.
a cob
此处 cob 指成年雄性天鹅。
A cob swam beside the female swan.
一只公天鹅在雌天鹅旁边游着。
cobs
此处 cob 的复数形式指矮脚挽马。
Cobs are sturdy harness horses.
矮脚马是强壮的挽马。
cob sth
cob 作“捣碎”讲时，后接被捣碎的物体。
He cobbed the clods of earth.
Connections
Collocations
- Welsh cob
- 威尔士柯柏马（矮脚马品种）
- The Welsh cob is a strong, sturdy breed used for driving and riding.威尔士柯柏马是一种用于拉车和骑乘的强壮矮脚马品种。
- cob swan
- 公天鹅
- The cob swan hissed at us as we walked past the lake.我们走过湖边时，那只公天鹅对我们发出嘶嘶声。
- cob and pen
- 公天鹅与母天鹅
- The cob and pen take turns incubating their eggs.公天鹅和母天鹅轮流孵蛋。
Idioms & figurative uses
- have a cob on
- 生闷气；闹脾气She had a cob on when she found out her flight was delayed.她发现航班延误时，生了一肚子气。
Synonyms
- pony
- 矮马；小马 · cob 指矮壮结实的挽马，pony 是小型马品种；在表示拉车用的小型马时，二者接近，但严格来说不可互换。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：cob 像 corncob（玉米棒）圆实短粗，矮脚马壮实、公天鹅也壮实，cob 就是这股圆实感。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：horse riding and equestrianism、birdwatching and ornithology cob 作名词时通常指矮脚马或成年雄性天鹅；具体含义多依赖语境，比较常见于马术、马匹饲养和观鸟/动物学等场景。日常口语中单独使用时较少，建议根据上下文判断。
Grammar Note
名词复数 cobs；动词过去式/过去分词 cobbed，现在分词 cobbing。
Pronunciation & Spelling
job、rob、mob、sob、knob、throb 都以 /ɒb/ 结尾，与 cob 押韵。注意拼写相似的 -omb 词：comb /kəʊm/、tomb /tuːm/、bomb /bɒm/ 并不与 cob 押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.