crock
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable)A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
1590-96, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 1750, The Works of Spenser, Volume 3, page 181, Therefore the Vulgar did about him flock / And cluster thick unto his leaſings vain; / Like fooliſh Flies about an Honey-Crock; / In hope by him great Benefit to gain, / And uncontrolled Freedom to obtain.
- 2.
(countable)A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
- 3.
(UK, countable, slang)A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
old crocks’ home
Girl: "Will you always be a bit of a crock?" Man: "According to my doctor, no." Girl: "I was afraid you looked bad-tempered because you were crocked up for life."
- 4.
(UK, countable, slang)An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).
old crocks race
Đồng nghĩa: banger, banger, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, crock, flivver, hooptie, jalopy, junker, lemon, old banger, rattletrap, rustbucket, shed, shitbox, shitpot, shitcan, shitbucket, tin Lizzie, wreck
- 5.
(Canada, US, countable, slang, uncountable)(slang, Canada, US, countable and uncountable) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
That's a bunch of crock.
The story is a crock.
- 6.
(countable)A low stool.
1709, Isaac Bickerstaff (Richard Steele), The Tatler, 1822, Alexander Chalmers (editor), The Tatler, 2007 Facsimile Edition, page 12, I then inquired for the person that belonged to the petticoat; and, to my great surprise, was directed to a very beautiful young damsel, with so pretty a face and shape, that I bid her come out of the crowd, and seated her upon a little crock at my left hand.
- 7.
(countable, derogatory, uncountable)(medical slang, derogatory) A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.
- 8.
(uncountable)The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.
- 9.
(uncountable)Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To break something or injure someone.
- 2.
(textiles, leatherworking) To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
thus producing a permanent, definite color thereon which will not fade or crock, and at the same time using up all of the coloring matter.
- 3.
(horticulture) To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
- 4.
(dialectal, transitive)(transitive, now dialectal) To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.
- 5.
(intransitive)To give off crock or smut.
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From Middle English crok, crokke, from Old English crocc, crocca (crock, pot, vessel)croc, from *krokku, *krokkō, from Proto-Germanic *krukkō, *krukkô (vessel), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (vessel).