English Dictionary

cockalorum

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɒkəˌlɔːɹəm/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(countable) A menial yet self-important person; a person who makes empty boasts. / (uncountable) Boastful speech, crowing. / (uncountable) A game similar to leapfrog.

日本語の意味

（可算）自己顕示欲が強く、虚勢を張るような小物；自分を大げさに重要だと見なす人物。 / （不可算）虚勢を張る発言、または自慢話。 / （不可算）リープフロッグに似た、かけっこ遊びの一種。

The assistant was a cockalorum, doing the bare minimum while bragging as if he ran the place.

その助手は下っ端でありながら自己重要感の強い小人物で、職場を仕切っているかのように自慢しつつ、仕事は最低限しかしていなかった。

意味（1）

(countable) A menial yet self-important person; a person who makes empty boasts.

I remark that everyone (with the exception of such Cockalorums as the Guard, who rather stands on the dignity of his uniform, I imagine) understands the Captain's English, while they don't seem to get on very well with my French.

意味（2）

(uncountable) Boastful speech, crowing.

'Sounding grander is not always better,' answered the cobber. 'Did you never hear tell of High Cockalorum?' / 'High Cockalorum! What's that?' / 'It's what they call high footling speech, or a self-important man who likes to call everything by fancy names,' said his master. 'And as I heard it, it didn't do the man in the tale any good at all.'

意味（3）

(uncountable) A game similar to leapfrog.

We played cockalorum from one side of the street to the other.

cockalorums （ plural ）