"crowing" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 打鳴（公雞）- 得意洋洋

Definition

“Crowing”指公雞發出的響亮啼叫，或引申指炫耀、沾沾自喜。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

可表公雞啼叫，也可形容人自鳴得意。比喻義較貶義，如“crowing about his success”（洋洋得意地說他的成就）。少見於正式文體。

Examples

I heard the rooster crowing early this morning.

我今天一大早就聽到公雞在**打鳴**。

The sound of crowing filled the farm.

農場裡到處都是公雞的**打鳴**聲。

He was crowing about his new car.

他在**炫耀**他的新車。

There's no point in crowing over someone else's mistake.

嘲笑別人犯錯沒意義，別再**得意洋洋**了。

His endless crowing got on everyone's nerves at the party.

他不停地**自誇**，讓派對上所有人都很煩。

The crowing of the rooster woke me up before sunrise.

公雞的**打鳴**在天亮前把我吵醒了。