Half cock
n. 准备不充分状态
📖 牛津释义
half cock
1 position of the hammer of a gun when pulled half-way back （枪的）半击发状态（击锤向後拉到行程一半的位置上）.
2 (idm 习语) go off at half `cock (of an event) fail because of being only half ready or badly prepared （指事情）因时机不成熟或未做好准备而未成功.
🧩 词语组成解析
half
[hæf]
adj. 一半的，半个的;
n. 半;一半;（啤酒等饮料的）半品脱;（比赛、音乐会等的）半场;
adv. 一半;部份地;
cock
[kɔk]
n. 公鸡;成熟雄鸟;首领，领导;龙头;
vt. 使某物竖起;使某物倾斜;使朝上;扳上扳机;
vi. 翘起，竖起;大摇大摆;
🗣️ 情景例句
I appreciate your consideration.
我很感激你的体贴。
No love is foul, nor prison fair.
没有肮脏的爱情，也没有美丽的监狱。
chasms wider than the Grand Canyon and at least one mountain more than twice as tall as Everest.
比大峡谷还宽的裂缝，起码有一座山有珠穆朗玛峰的近两倍高。