| 释义 |
go-away (Stress variable.)|gəʊəweɪ|
Also go-way.
[Imitative of its cry kway-kway (cf. Bechuana maquaai).]
In full go-away bird. A South African touraco of the genus Corythaixoides.
1881E. E. Frewer tr. Holub's Seven Yrs. S. Afr. I. 289 A great grey lory, that from its cry is called the ‘go-away’ by the English, whilst by the Boers it is known as the ‘grote Mausevogel’. 1896H. L. Tangye In New S. Afr. ii. vii. 401, I continue my walk along the kopje top, succeeding in obtaining specimens of the ‘Go away’ bird. 1897J. P. Fitzpatrick Outspan 55 There is a sort of bastard cockatoo in those parts which is commonly known as the ‘Go way’ bird, on account of its cry, which closely resembles these words. 1906Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 214/2 A pair of gray crested parrots, or ‘go-away birds’, as they are called. 1940[see alarm-bird s.v. alarm n. 13]. 1951R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse v. 93 The ‘Go 'way Bird’ or grey lory. 1958M. Spark Go-away Bird 74 All over the Colony it was possible to hear the subtle voice of the grey-crested lourie, commonly known as the go-away bird by its call, ‘go 'way, go 'way’. 1964A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 843/2 The characteristic call of Corythaixoides spp. is a nasal ‘gwaaa’, hence the name of ‘go-away-bird’. |