1·There's been a bit of a cock-up over the travel arrangements.
旅行安排出了点儿岔子。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·The world's second largest chip shop admitted that it had made huge mistakes getting Barcelona to market, and that production cock-ups and core limitations delayed the launch by up to eight months.
这家世界第二大的芯片生产商承认，在将巴塞罗那推向市场时，他们犯下了巨大的错误：产品错误和核心的限制，使得产品延期达8个月之久！
3·“I screwed up,” Barack Obama said with spectacular candour of some of his executive appointments this week, before specifying that the point of saying so was to prevent similar cock-ups in the future.
“我搞砸了。” 巴拉克·奥巴马(Barack Obama)本周谈到他提名的一些高官时非常坦诚地如是说道，事前详细说清楚是为了防止以后还有类似的错误出现。
4·Before leaving on vacation, a German couple set up a loudspeaker and timer rigged to blast their neighbors with the sound of a crowing cock every morning.
一对德国夫妇在外出度假前安装好了扩音器和定时装置，使其在每天凌晨用刺耳的公鸡啼叫声骚扰邻居。
5·Fox and cock One morning a fox sees a cock. He think, "This is my breakfast. ' He comes up to the cock and says, "I know you can sing very well. Can you sing for me? 'The cock is glad.
狐狸和公鸡 一天早上，一只狐狸看到了一侄耀鸡。他想：这是我的早餐。他朝公鸡走来，对他说：“我知道，你能唱得很好听，你能唱给我听么?。