cuckoo
英 [ˈkʊkuː]
美 [ˈkʊkuː]
n. 杜鹃(鸟); 布谷鸟
adj. 疯狂; 狂热
复数：cuckoos 现在分词：cuckooing 过去式：cuckooed 第三人称单数：cuckoos 过去分词：cuckooed
Collins.1 / BNC.9233 / COCA.21814
牛津词典
noun
- 杜鹃（鸟）；布谷鸟
a bird with a call that sounds like its name. Cuckoos leave their eggs in the nests of other birds.
adj.
- 疯狂；狂热
crazy
柯林斯词典
- 杜鹃(鸟);布谷鸟
Acuckoois a bird that has a call of two quick notes, and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.
英英释义
noun
- any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
- a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
verb
- repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call
双语例句
- Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird.
啊，杜鹃，我该称你做鸟儿呢。 - Where there was the cuckoo, there is the railway car;
从前有子规的地方，今天有了火车； - I came home just in time to hear the cuckoo clock cuckoo three times.
我回到家时刚好听到家里的布谷鸟钟响了三下。 - She then told me that we needed a new cuckoo clock.
她就告诉我得买个新的布谷鸟钟了。 - The cuckoo lays her eggs in other bird's nests.
杜鹃把自己的蛋生在别的鸟的窝里。 - I have one record of singing Lesser Cuckoo from Area A in late May many years ago.
我在多年以前的A区有记录过一笔鸣唱的小杜鹃。 - I thought I was hearing things yesterday. I thought I heard a cuckoo.
我想昨天我出现幻听了。我以为听到了布谷鸟叫。 - What did it produce? The cuckoo clock.
产出了什么？，咕咕钟。 - In England the cuckoo is a herald of spring.
在英国杜鹃鸟是春天的预告。 - Gowk is another name for a cuckoo bird.
“杜鹃鸟”是“布谷鸟”的另一种叫法。