Word · Frequency #9901
crow
乌鸦
a large black bird with a harsh croaking call, belonging to the genus Corvus
- 1.
A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
鸦属鸟类,通常黑色,喙强健圆锥形,有突出刚毛,叫声粗哑
- 2.
The cry or call of a rooster or a cockerel, especially as heard at sunrise.
公鸡或小公鸡的叫声,尤其是在日出时听到的
- 3.
A member of a Native American tribe of southern Montana.
蒙大拿州南部的一个美洲原住民部落成员
- 4.
black birds having a raucous call
发出粗哑叫声的黑色鸟类
- 5.
Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.
一种属于乌鸦蝶属的深色蛱蝶
- 6.
the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
公鸡的啼叫声(或模仿声)
- 7.
A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
带有尖端、钩或爪的铁棒；用作杠杆的铁棒；撬棍
- 8.
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana
原居住于蒙大拿州东部的苏族成员
- 9.
The mesentery of an animal.
动物的肠系膜
鸡啼声；公鸡的叫声；撬棍；铁撬；克劳族成员；克劳人；紫蝶；乌鸦蝶；肠系膜
In use
A crow landed on the fence and cawed loudly.
Farmers often put scarecrows in their fields to keep crows away from the crops.
The old tree was full of crows, making a lot of noise at dawn.
the crow caws
The crow caws loudly in the morning.
乌鸦在早晨大声啼叫。
a flock of crows
A flock of crows flew over the field.
一群乌鸦飞过田野。
Common mistakes
I saw crow in the tree.I saw a crow in the tree.
中文的“乌鸦”是可数名词，但英语中可数名词单数前需要加冠词a/an或the。这里泛指一只乌鸦，所以应加冠词a。
Connections
Collocations
- a murder of crows
- 一群乌鸦
- A murder of crows gathered in the field.一群乌鸦聚集在田野里。
- as the crow flies
- 沿直线距离
- It's 10 miles as the crow flies.直线距离是10英里。
- eat crow
- 被迫认错
- He had to eat crow after his prediction was wrong.他的预测错了之后，他不得不认错。
- crow's nest
- 桅杆瞭望台
- The sailor climbed to the crow's nest.水手爬上了桅杆瞭望台。
- crow's feet
- 鱼尾纹
- She has crow's feet around her eyes.她眼睛周围有鱼尾纹。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将字母C看作乌鸦的弯嘴，ROW看作树枝，联想乌鸦站在树枝上。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：户外、文学、比喻 乌鸦（crow）通常为中性，泛指这种鸟类；但有时在文学或口语中带不祥的联想，多用于描述鸟类本身或比喻直线距离（as the crow flies）。
Grammar Note
可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words rhyme with 'crow' (pronounced /kroʊ/): throw, snow, go, show, low, know. Note that words spelled with 'ow' like 'cow' (/kaʊ/) do not rhyme.
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。
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