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。
担任(赛艇等的)舵手;为……掌舵
coxes — third person singular of cox
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
担任(赛艇等的)舵手;为……掌舵
to act as coxswain for a boat, especially a rowing boat
She coxed the women's eight to victory.
她担任女子八人赛艇的舵手,助其获胜。
担任(赛艇等的)舵手。
To act as coxswain for.
cox
Base
原形
coxes
3rd person
第三人称单数
coxing
-ing
现在分词
coxed
Past
过去式
coxed
Past participle
过去分词
She coxes the university crew.
她担任大学赛艇队的舵手。
He coxed the boat to victory.
他担任舵手,带领赛艇队获胜。
She is coxing the race today.
她今天正担任这场比赛的舵手。
cox 指赛艇比赛中掌舵的人;作动词表示担任舵手。
She coxed the college eight to victory in the autumn regatta.
她在秋季赛艇会上担任大学八人赛艇队的舵手,并带领队伍获胜。
Tom coxes the club's new four every Saturday morning.
汤姆每周六早上为俱乐部的四人有舵赛艇当舵手。
I am coxing the hospital team in tomorrow's charity race.
明天的慈善赛上,我将担任医院队的舵手。
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。
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。
Not this
He cox the boat for the team.
Use this
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。
Not this
She coxed for the university eight.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
为赛艇队掌舵
He coxed the crew to victory.
他担任舵手,带领赛艇队获胜。
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。
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。
Use coxes naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
‘cox’读作‘考克斯’,画面:考克斯坐船尾掌舵,对桨手大喊指令。
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。
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。
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