cocksure 英 [ˌkɒkˈʃʊə(r)] 　 美 [ˌkɑkˈʃʊr]

cocksure

cocksure　 英 [ˌkɒkˈʃʊə(r)] 美 [ˌkɑkˈʃʊr]

adj. 确信的；独断的；过分自信的　

He was so cocksure that she would call him first.　他确信她会先打电话给他。
She is cocksure, but she is a hen all the time.　她如公鸡一般自信，但她始终只是一只母鸡。

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  • adj. 确信的；独断的；过分自信的

  • 1. He was so cocksure that she would call him first.

    他确信她会先打电话给他。

  • 2. She is cocksure, but she is a hen all the time.

    她如公鸡一般自信，但她始终只是一只母鸡。

  • cocksure (adj.) also cock-sure, 1510s, "certain, confident," from cock (n.1) + sure (adj.). Probably "as assured as a cock." "The word was originally perfectly dignified, and habitually used in the most solemn connexions" [OED]. D.H. Lawrence playfully coined hensure as a female version (1929).
cock·sure / ˌkɒkˈʃʊə(r) ; ˌkɒkˈʃɔː(r) ; NAmE ˌkɑːkˈʃʊr / adjective ( old-fashioned, informal) confident in a way that is annoying to other people and that they might find offensive 过分自信的；自高自大的；自以为是的 cock·sure / ˌkɒkˈʃʊə(r) ; ˌkɒkˈʃɔː(r) ; NAmE ˌkɑːkˈʃʊr /
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