A peacock is a big bird whose male has a long tail of blue and green feathers, each with a round 'eye' pattern, that he can raise and open into a huge fan. He does this to attract a female, and also when he is showing off or feels challenged.

A peacock孔雀 is a big bird是一種大型鳥類 whose male has a long tail of blue and green feathers公鳥有一條藍綠色羽毛組成的長尾巴 each with a round 'eye' pattern每根羽毛上都有一個圓形的「眼睛」花紋 that he can raise and open into a huge fan牠可以把尾巴立起來、展開成一個大扇形 He does this牠這麼做 to attract a female是為了吸引母鳥 and also when he is showing off or feels challenged也會在炫耀，或感覺受到挑戰時這樣做

Strictly speaking, 'peacock' is the male bird only — the female is a peahen, and the word for both together is peafowl. But almost nobody keeps that neat in daily talk.

Strictly speaking嚴格來說 'peacock' is the male bird onlypeacock只指公鳥 the female is a peahen母的叫peahen and the word for both together is peafowl兩者合稱則是peafowl But almost nobody keeps that neat in daily talk但日常說話幾乎沒有人分得這麼清楚

Walk through a park in Taiwan or anywhere else and everyone calls every one of these birds a peacock, including the plain brown females. Even careful writers slip. So: know the strict rule, but do not be surprised when real English ignores it.

Walk through a park in Taiwan or anywhere else走進台灣或任何地方的公園 and everyone calls every one of these birds a peacock大家會把這些鳥全都叫做peacock including the plain brown females包括那些羽色樸素的母鳥 Even careful writers slip連謹慎的作者也會用錯 So所以 know the strict rule你要知道那個嚴格的規則 but do not be surprised when real English ignores it但看到現實中的英文不理會這個規則時，也不用意外

The word has a second life as a way of talking about people. Call a man a peacock and you mean he dresses to be looked at and enjoys being admired — a little vain, though it is often said with a smile rather than real anger.

The word has a second life這個字還有第二種用法 as a way of talking about people用來形容人 Call a man a peacock說一個男人是peacock and you mean he dresses to be looked at意思是他打扮就是要讓人看 and enjoys being admired而且喜歡被人欣賞 a little vain有點愛慕虛榮 though it is often said with a smile rather than real anger不過通常是帶著笑意說的，不是真的在生氣

There is a verb too: 'to peacock' means to strut about showing yourself off, and 'as proud as a peacock' is a set phrase for someone very pleased with themselves. Note the two things a peacock is famous for in English are pride and beauty, not wisdom or luck, so the feeling of the word is not quite the same as 孔雀 in Chinese.

There is a verb too還有一個動詞用法 'to peacock''to peacock' means to strut about showing yourself off意思是趾高氣揚地到處炫耀自己 and 'as proud as a peacock'而'as proud as a peacock' is a set phrase for someone very pleased with themselves是形容一個人非常自滿的固定說法 Note要注意的是 the two things a peacock is famous for in English英文裡peacock最有名的兩個特質 are pride and beauty是驕傲和美麗 not wisdom or luck不是智慧或好運 so the feeling of the word is not quite the same as 孔雀 in Chinese所以這個字的語感和中文的孔雀不完全一樣