| 释义 |
currawong Austral.|ˈkʌrəwɒŋ|
[Aboriginal.]
The native name in Australia for a bird of the genus Strepera (see quot. 1926).
1926Austral. Encycl. II. 19/2 Birds of the other genus, Strepera, are variously known as bell-magpies or black magpies, as well as by the aboriginal name of ‘currawong’ in New South Wales and Queensland. 1936F. D. Davison Children of Dark People 5 Currawongs and willy wagtails flitted among the bushes. 1964Telegraph (Brisbane) 4 Mar. 3/5 Jock was a currawong—a type of magpie—and he sounded off just after dawn every day. 1970Southerly XXX. 8 In season the currawongs in the camphor-laurels cry like tin-shears. |