2. Jones was not so vain and senseless a coxcomb as to expect . 琼斯并不是那么一个不自量,没头没脑的浪荡哥儿。
3. TYPICAL USE:A coxcomb spends too much money and time on his clothes and appearance. 花花公子在他的服饰及外表上花了太多的金钱和时间。
英英解释
n.
1. a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
2. a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red
3. the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
but particularly against that kind of vanity that dubs a man a coxcomb 虚荣心 .你必须十分注意提防虚荣心。虚荣心是无经验的年轻人的通病。尤其要提防那种使年轻人堕落为花花公子的虚荣心。虚荣心一旦产生,就难以消除,比一旦做了牧师再要还俗更难。;