Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Weathercock \Weath"er*cock`\, n.
1. A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because originally
often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a
spire with the wind, and showing its direction. "As a
wedercok that turneth his face with every wind."
--Chaucer.
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Noisy weathercocks rattled and sang of mutation.
--Longfellow.
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2. Hence, any thing or person that turns easily and
frequently; one who veers with every change of current
opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Weathercock \Weath"er*cock`\, v. t.
To supply with a weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for.
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Whose blazing wyvern weathercock the spire. --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weathercock
n 1: weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
