1. имя существительное 1) [зоология] павлин; самец павлина Например: peacock feathers — перья павлина He introduced himself as "the leader" and strutted up and down like a peacock. — Он представился как "руководитель" и важно, как павлин, прошёлся взад и вперёд. 2) (Peacock) [астрономия] Павлин (созвездие) Например: proud as a peacock — спесивый; важный как павлин 2. глагол 1) чваниться, задаваться Синоним(ы): put on airs, give oneself airs 2) рисоваться, позировать Синоним(ы): pose
biographical name Thomas Love 1785-1866 English novelist and poet
I. noun Etymology: Middle English pecok, from pe- (from Old English pēa peafowl, from Latin pavon-, pavo peacock) + cok cock 1. a male peafowl distinguished by a crest of upright feathers and by greatly elongated loosely webbed upper tail coverts which are mostly tipped with iridescent spots and are erected and spread in a shimmering fan usually as a courtship display; broadly peafowl 2. one making a proud display of oneself; show-off • peacockish adjective • peacocky adjective II. intransitive verb show off