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花花公子,好打扮的人,鸡冠花
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Coxcomb \Cox"comb`\ (k?ks"k?m`), n. [A corrupted spelling of
cock's comb.]
1.
(a) A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock,
which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps.
(b) The cap itself.
2. The top of the head, or the head itself.
We will belabor you a little better, And beat a
little more care into your coxcombs. --Beau & Fl.
3. A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of
display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or
accomplishments; a fop.
Fond to be seen, she kept a bevy Of powdered
coxcombs at her levee. --Goldsmith.
Some are bewildered in the maze of schools, And some
made coxcombs, nature meant but fools. --Pope.
4. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of different genera,
but particularly to {Celosia cristata}, or garden
cockscomb. Same as {Cockscomb}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
coxcomb
n 1: a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own
accomplishments [syn: {cockscomb}]
2: a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red
[syn: {cockscomb}]
3: the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and
other gallinaceous birds [syn: {comb}, {cockscomb}]