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单词 gull
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Field glasses show you what you have already guessed - that it is a common gull sitting patiently on its heather nest.Nature notes A large, distinctive gull with plumage that looks just like creamy porridge has been seen this winter in many places.The commonest gull in seaside towns in summer is the herring gull. Common gulls are not very well named.She came back with her hat full of gull eggs.Just watch out for predatory sea gulls.The only other predators we have are the large gulls, and that is more natural.There are also a few breeding pairs of common gull and Mediterranean gull.In fact, common gulls are quite uncommon gulls.A smaller gull called the common gull is not in danger of any such accusations.There are also dunes and the beach doubles as a local nature reserve with wildflowers and many sea birds, including gulls and waders.I don't know what was wrong with the sea gull.With molecular gastronomy, gull's eggs are the least of your problems.Three tiny spuds, not much bigger than a gull's egg.At present the adults are protected, although you can destroy herring gulls' eggs.A club-record four straight wins to kick off the campaign means the Gulls are really flying.Sometimes there are large numbers of gulls, because they can be seen from far off, and more and more come flying in to join the feast.

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Chinese translation of 'gull'

gull

(ɡʌl)

n (c)

  1. (= seagull) 海鸥(鷗) (hǎiōu) (, zhī)

Nearby words of
gull

  • guise
  • guitar
  • gulf
  • gull
  • gullible
  • gully
  • gulp

related words

related adjective larine
collective noun colony
(verb) 
Consumers are no longer so easily gulled into paying extra for a designer label.
Synonyms
deceive
He has deceived and disillusioned us all.
trick
He'll be upset when he finds out how you tricked him.
cheat
He cheated people out of their life savings.
con (slang)
He claimed that the businessman had conned him out of his life savings.
skin (slang)
take in (informal)
stiff (slang)
sting (informal)
hoax
He recently hoaxed a number of celebrities.
defraud
He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government.
dupe
Some of the offenders duped the psychologists.
beguile
He used his newspapers to beguile his readers.
swindle
He swindled investors out of millions of pounds.
rook (slang)
take for a ride (informal)
put one over on (informal)
pull a fast one on (informal)
cozen
sell a pup to
(noun) 
Synonyms
dupe
an innocent dupe in a political scandal
fool
He feels she has made a fool of him.
mug (slang)
I feel such a mug for signing the agreement.
sap (slang)
He's always seemed a poor sap to me.
sucker (slang)
Keep giving us your money, sucker!
gudgeon (slang)
chump (informal)
simpleton
He was a lightweight, a political simpleton.
babe in arms (informal)
putz (US, slang)
easy mark (slang)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of beguile
Definition
to charm (someone) into doing something he or she would not normally do
He used his newspapers to beguile his readers.
Synonyms
fool,
trick,
take in,
cheat,
con (informal),
mislead,
impose on,
deceive,
dupe,
gull (archaic),
delude,
bamboozle,
hoodwink,
take for a ride (informal),
befool
in the sense of cheat
Definition
to defraud
He cheated people out of their life savings.
Synonyms
deceive,
skin (slang),
trick,
fool,
take in (informal),
con (informal),
stiff (slang),
sting (informal),
mislead,
rip off (slang),
fleece,
hoax,
defraud,
dupe,
beguile,
gull (archaic),
do (informal),
swindle,
stitch up (slang),
victimize,
bamboozle (informal),
hoodwink,
double-cross (informal),
diddle (informal),
take for a ride (informal),
bilk,
pull a fast one on (informal),
screw (informal),
finagle (informal),
cozen,
scam (slang)
in the sense of con
Definition
to swindle or defraud
He claimed that the businessman had conned him out of his life savings.
Synonyms
swindle,
trick,
cheat,
rip off (slang),
sting (informal),
kid (informal),
skin (slang),
stiff (slang),
mislead,
deceive,
hoax,
defraud,
dupe,
gull (archaic),
rook (slang),
humbug,
bamboozle (informal),
hoodwink,
double-cross (informal),
diddle (informal),
take for a ride (informal),
inveigle,
do the dirty on (British, informal),
bilk,
sell a pup,
pull a fast one on (informal),
cozen,
scam (slang)

Nearby words of
gull

  • guise
  • gulch
  • gulf
  • gull
  • gullet
  • gullibility
  • gullible

Synonyms of 'gull'

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