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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。
矮脚马；矮脚挽马
cobs — plural of cob
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
矮脚马；矮脚挽马
a stocky short-legged horse used for riding
A cob swam beside the female swan.
一只公天鹅在雌天鹅旁边游着。
A corncob.
用皮带或木板击打臀部作为惩罚。
A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.
The seed-bearing head of a plant.
A male swan.
The farmer picked a sturdy cob to pull the cart through the muddy lane.
农夫选了一匹结实的矮脚马来拉车，穿过泥泞的小路。
The children loved riding the gentle cob around the small paddock.
孩子们喜欢骑着那匹温顺的矮脚马在小围场里转。
On many farms, cobs are still used for light pulling work because they are strong and calm.
在许多农场上，矮脚马仍被用于轻便的拉拽工作，因为它们强壮又沉稳。
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。
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 作“捣碎”讲时，后接被捣碎的物体。
He cobbed the clods of earth.
他捣碎了土块。
Not this
There are two cob in the pond.
Use this
There are two cobs in the pond.
当 cob 表示“公天鹅”时是可数名词，复数形式是 cobs。汉语名词没有复数变化，所以容易漏掉 -s，但英语中 two cobs 才是正确的。
Not this
A female swan is called a cob.
Use this
A male swan is called a cob.
cob 特指成年雄性天鹅（公天鹅），不能指雌天鹅；把 cob 用于雌性会改变词义。改正时用 male 才能与 cob 的含义一致。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
Use cobs naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
名词复数 cobs；动词过去式/过去分词 cobbed，现在分词 cobbing。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.