英语词汇“cuckoo”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	cuckoo
释义	Trends of cuckoo View usage for: cuckoo (kʊkuː) Word forms: plural cuckoos countable noun A cuckoo is a bird that has a call of two quick notes, and lays its eggs in other birds' nests. cuckoo in British English (ˈkʊkuː) nounWord forms: plural -oos 1. any bird of the family Cuculidae, having pointed wings, a long tail, and zygodactyl feet: order Cuculiformes. Many species, including the European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), lay their eggs in the nests of other birds and have a two-note call 2. informal an insane or foolish person adjective 3. informal insane or foolish exclamation 4. an imitation or representation of the call of a cuckoo verbWord forms: -oos, -ooing or -ooed 5. (transitive) to repeat over and over 6. (intransitive) to make the sound imitated by the word cuckoo Word origin C13: from Old French cucu, of imitative origin; related to German kuckuck, Latin cucūlus, Greek kokkux cuckoo in American English (ˈkuˌku; also ˈkʊku) noun 1. any of a family (Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes) of birds with a long, slender body, grayish-brown on top and white below: many, including the European species (Cuculus canorus), lay eggs in the nests of other birds, but the American species hatch and rear their own young 2. the call of a cuckoo, which sounds somewhat like its name 3. an imitation of this call 4. Slang a crazy or foolish person verb intransitive 5. to utter or imitate the call of a cuckoo verb transitive 6. to repeat continually, as the cuckoo does its call adjective 7. Slang crazy; foolish; silly Word origin ME < OFr coucou, cucu, echoic of the bird's cry Image of cuckoo © Butterfly Hunter, shutterstock Examples of 'cuckoo' in a sentence cuckoo This guy is cuckoo and has probably lived in cloud cuckoo land almost all his life. The Sun (2008) When did you last see a cuckoo clock? Times, Sunday Times (2007) The cuckoo would be calling and the swifts and swallows would be sculpting the sky. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The cuckoo hatches first and then kicks any other eggs out of the nest. Times, Sunday Times (2011) He looked like a cuckoo clock that had stopped. The Sun (2010) It is the male cuckoo that calls. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Remember that the next time you wonder when you last heard a cuckoo. Times, Sunday Times (2010) This is political correctness gone cuckoo. The Sun (2016) Not the first cuckoo of spring. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Have you heard a cuckoo yet? Times, Sunday Times (2009) Did you have a cuckoo clock? Times, Sunday Times (2014) One from the south, one from the north and one from cloud cuckoo! The Sun (2012) In contrast to the comforting sound of its call, the cuckoo has a sinister lifestyle. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Finally, almost anywhere in the country you may hear a cuckoo calling. Times, Sunday Times (2009) It might be worth remembering that the Swiss are noted for their cuckoo clocks. Times, Sunday Times (2010) I was beginning to understand who put the cuckoo in cloud cuckoo land. Times, Sunday Times (2015) A cuckoo calls from the shores of the lake. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The females lay their eggs mainly on garlic mustard and cuckoo flower, both of which are coming into bloom. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Talk about cloud cuckoo land. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Cloud cuckoo land or what? The Sun (2008) THE land of cuckoo clocks is now accessible via Eurostar. The Sun (2009) Years ago people used to write to The Times when they heard the first cuckoo of spring. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Word lists with cuckoo bird In other languages cuckoo British English: cuckoo /ˈkʊkuː/ NOUN A cuckoo is a grey bird which makes an easily recognizable sound consisting of two quick notes. American English: cuckoo Arabic: وَقْواق Brazilian Portuguese: cuco Chinese: 杜鹃 Croatian: kukavica Czech: kukačka Danish: gøg Dutch: koekoek European Spanish: cuclillo Finnish: käki French: coucou German: Kuckuck Greek: κούκος Italian: cuculo Japanese: カッコウ Korean: 뻐꾸기 Norwegian: gjøk Polish: kukułka European Portuguese: cuco Romanian: cuc Russian: кукушка Latin American Spanish: cuclillo Swedish: gök Thai: นกชนิดหนึ่งที่วางไข่ในรังนกอื่น Turkish: guguk kuşu Ukrainian: зозуля Vietnamese: chim cu All related terms of 'cuckoo' cuckoo bee any of several species of parasitic or inquiline bee the queen of which lays her eggs in the nest of the bumblebee or other species, sometimes killing the host queen, leaving her eggs to be raised by the workers of the nest cuckoo ray a fish , Raja naevus cuckoo spit a white frothy mass on the stems and leaves of many plants, produced by froghopper larvae ( cuckoo spit insects ), which feed on the plant juices black cuckoo any of several parasitic cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys, esp E. scolopacea, of S and SE Asia and Australia cuckoo clock A cuckoo clock is a clock with a door from which a toy cuckoo comes out and makes noises like a cuckoo every hour or half hour. cuckoo shrike any Old World tropical songbird of the family Campephagidae, typically having a strong notched bill , long rounded tail , and pointed wings cuckoo wrasse a fish, Labrus mixtus shining cuckoo a Pacific migratory bird with a metallic green-gold plumage cloud-cuckoo-land If you say that someone is living in cloud-cuckoo-land , you are criticizing them because they think there are no problems and that things will happen exactly as they want them to, when this is obviously not the case. long-tailed cuckoo a common New Zealand cuckoo , Eudynamis taitensis , found in forest areas goobies spittle gooby spittle spittle Spittle is the watery liquid which is produced in your mouth. Chinese translation of 'cuckoo' cuckoo (ˈkukuː) n (c) 杜鹃(鵑) (dùjiān) (只, zhī)
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