Word · Frequency #7964
coxes
担任(赛艇等的)舵手;为……掌舵
coxes is the third person singular of cox.
to act as coxswain for a boat, especially a rowing boat
- 1.
To act as coxswain for.
担任(赛艇等的)舵手。
担任(赛艇等的)舵手。;做舵手
In use
She coxed the college eight to victory in the autumn regatta.
Tom coxes the club's new four every Saturday morning.
I am coxing the hospital team in tomorrow's charity race.
cox sth
cox 是 coxswain 的动词形式,后接船或船员作宾语。
She coxed the women's eight to victory.
她担任女子八人赛艇的舵手,助其获胜。
be coxed by sb
主语是船或艇时,常用被动语态;coxed 是过去分词。
The boat was coxed by an experienced rower.
这条赛艇由一位经验丰富的划船手担任舵手。
Verb forms
base cox · third person coxes · -ing coxing · past coxed · past participle coxed
cox 指赛艇比赛中掌舵的人;作动词表示担任舵手。
Common mistakes
He cox the boat for the team.He coxes the boat for the team.
主语是第三人称单数时,动词cox要加-s变为coxes。中文动词没有词形变化,学习者容易漏掉这个-s。
She coxed for the university eight.She coxed the university eight.
这里cox是及物动词,意思是“为(赛艇或船员)掌舵”,宾语直接跟在后面,不需要介词for。中文里“为……担任舵手”的“为”容易直译成for,但英语中cox直接接宾语。
Connections
Collocations
- cox a boat
- 担任赛艇舵手
- She has coxed a boat for three years.她担任赛艇舵手已有三年。
- cox the crew
- 为赛艇队掌舵
- He coxed the crew to victory.他担任舵手,带领赛艇队获胜。
- cox an eight
- 为八人赛艇掌舵
- They asked me to cox their eight in the regatta.他们请我在赛艇会上为他们的八人艇掌舵。
- cox for a team
- 给某队当舵手
- I coxed for the college team last season.上个赛季我为学院队当舵手。
Synonyms
- steer
- 掌舵;驾驶(车、船等) · 最接近 cox 的通用动词;可指驾驶任何车船,但不像 cox 那样包含指挥赛艇队员的含义。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
‘cox’读作‘考克斯’,画面:考克斯坐船尾掌舵,对桨手大喊指令。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:rowing、sports commentary 这个词常作为 coxswain 的简称,多用于赛艇运动场景,正式程度为中性。口语和比赛报道中比较常见,正式书面语里则更常用完整形式 coxswain。
Pronunciation & Spelling
box、fox 与 cox 押韵,且拼写都以 -ox 结尾;socks、rocks、locks、clocks 也与 cox 押韵,但拼写是 -ocks。注意别把 cox 与发音不同的 coax /koʊks/ 混淆。
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。
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