cuckoo
英 ['k?ku?]
美['k?ku]
- n. 布谷鳥；杜鵑鳥；傻子；咕咕聲
- adj. 愚笨的；瘋狂的
- vi. 學杜鵑叫
- vt. 不停地重復
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詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?cuckoos;
中文詞源
cuckoo 布谷鳥
擬聲詞，模仿布谷鳥的叫聲。
英英釋意
- 1. a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
- 2. any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
英文詞源
- cuckoo
- cuckoo: [13] So distinctive is the cuckoo’s call that it is not always clear whether the names for the bird in various languages, based on the call, owe their similarity to borrowing or coincidence – Dutch, for instance, has koekoek, Russian kukúshka, Latin cuculus, and Greek kókkūx. In the case of English cuckoo, it seems to have been borrowed from Old French cucu, which was of imitative origin. Its first appearance is in the famous Cuckoo song of the late 13th century (‘Sumer is icumen in, lhude sing, cuccu!’), where it replaced the native Middle English word yeke (from Old English gēac, also of imitative origin).
- cuckoo (n.)
- mid-13c., from Old French cocu "cuckoo," also "cuckold," echoic of the male bird's mating cry (compare Greek kokkyx, Latin cuculus, Middle Irish cuach, Sanskrit kokilas). Slang adjectival sense of "crazy" is American English, 1918, but noun meaning "stupid person" is recorded by 1580s, perhaps from the bird's unvarying, oft-repeated call. The Old English name was geac, cognate with Old Norse gaukr, source of Scottish and northern English gowk. The Germanic words presumably originally were echoic, too, but had drifted in form. Cuckoo clock is from 1789.
詞組搭配
cuckoo in the nest
an unwelcome intruder in a place or situation
不速之客；闖入者
實用場景例句
- O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird.
- 杜鵑啊! 我該稱你為[鳥]?
期刊摘選
- The cuckoo is a harbinger of spring.
- 布谷鳥預告春天的來臨.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- There's a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes.
- 這兒一只畫眉和杜鵑.
期刊摘選
- I found a male cuckoo singing on the top of a tree, very outstanding place.
- 一只雄性的小杜鵑是在太很顯眼的樹頂點上叫的.
期刊摘選
- European arum resembling the cuckoo pint.
- 類似于天南星的歐洲海芋植物.
期刊摘選
- He has gone absolutely cuckoo.
- 他簡直瘋了.
期刊摘選
- Jane imitates the cuckoo.
- 簡模仿布谷鳥的叫聲.
期刊摘選
- The mellowness of the cuckoo report the come of spring.
- 杜鵑甜美的叫聲報告了春天的來臨.
期刊摘選
- I can tell by its sounds. a cuckoo.
- 光聽聲音就知道了. 是杜鵑鳥.
期刊摘選
- The farmers know it is time to reap their crops when the cuckoo sings.
- 布谷鳥一叫,鄉(xiāng)親們都知道要割麥子了.
期刊摘選
- In England the cuckoo is the herald of Spring.
- 在英國杜鵑鳥預示春天的來臨.
期刊摘選
- North American cuckoo; builds a nest and rears its own young.
- 北美杜鵑; 筑巢并養(yǎng)育自己的幼鳥.
期刊摘選
- Our little friends swallow, sparrow and cuckoo have some questions for you.
- 我們的小燕子 、 小麻雀、小杜鵑特地托我?guī)硪恍﹩栴}.要考考大家.
期刊摘選
- Children admire the fairies in that tale living in cloud cuckoo land.
- 孩子們很羨慕故事中生活在仙境里的仙女們.
期刊摘選
- The cuckoo lays its eggs in other birds'nests.
- 杜鵑在別的鳥巢中產(chǎn)卵.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The cuckoo is the herald of spring.
- 杜鵑鳥預告春天的來臨.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The cuckoo is the harbinger of spring.
- 布谷鳥的歌聲預示春天的到來.
期刊摘選
- The cuckoo is characterized by its familiar call.
- 杜鵑為人熟知的叫聲是它的特征.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- In England the cuckoo is a herald of spring.
- 在英國杜鵑鳥是春天的預告.
期刊摘選
- Wong Kwong Yu and his wife have always cuckoo calls unanswered.
- 而黃光裕及其妻子杜鵑的電話也始終無人接聽.
期刊摘選
- The cuckoo clock poked out its head and called nine o'clock.
- 布谷鳥鐘表伸出它的頭,報時9點.
期刊摘選
- In England the cuckoo is the herald of spring.
- 在英國杜鵑鳥是報春的使者.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- A cuckoo flew over, calling loudly.
- 一只布谷鳥飛過, 鳴聲響亮.
期刊摘選
- Don't think he's a cuckoo. He's pretty smart indeed.
- 不要以為他是個傻瓜, 其實他是很精明的.
辭典例句
- Huang's wife and one of the main financial cuckoo have absconded, involving more than Major cases.
- 黃的老婆杜鵑和一主要財務人員已潛逃, 涉及多起重大案件.
期刊摘選
- The cuckoo ceases its warbling at twilight.
- 在黃昏杜鵑停止了它的啼鳴.
期刊摘選
- I thought I was hearing things yesterday. I thought I heard a cuckoo.
- 我想昨天我出現(xiàn)幻聽了。我以為聽到了布谷鳥叫。
柯林斯例句