weathercock

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
  2. One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person. figuratively
  3. A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed. Canada,US
动词 v.
  1. To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides. intransitive
  2. To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind. intransitive
  3. To act as a weathercock for. transitive

词形变化

weathercocks plural weathercocks present,singular,third-person weathercocking participle,present weathercocked participle,past weathercocked past

词汇关系

相关词
weathervane weather vane windsock wind sock

词源

词源 1
From Middle English wetharcoke, weþercok, wedercoc, wederkok, equivalent to weather + cock.
词源 2
From Middle English wetharcoke, weþercok, wedercoc, wederkok, equivalent to weather + cock.
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