Cocking

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cock

(n.) Cockfighting.

校对:玛拉

• A name derived from the fanciful resemblance to the sound produced by cocking a rifle. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• He struck out with his hand, and a revolver which the younger man was in the act of cocking clattered down upon the floor. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Only a slight pressure on the trigger is necessary, as it is not required to perform the work of turning any other part by the trigger, as is the case in the self-cocking revolver. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• He was deliberately cocking his pistol, and, in the momentary silence that followed George's speech, he fired at him. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He then stopped as though waiting for my reply, pricking up his antennae-like ears and cocking his strange-looking eyes still further toward me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.

校对:玛拉