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　

CET6TEM8

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
  Synonym:fatheadgoofgoofballbozojackassgoosetwatzany

verb

• repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call

双语例句

• If you ask me, the old girl's gone quite cuckoo.
  如果你问我，我就要说那个老妇人已经完全疯了。
• When did you last hear a cuckoo?
  你上一次是什么时候听见杜鹃叫？
• 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。
• I can tell by its sounds. It's a cuckoo.
  光听声音就知道了。是杜鹃鸟。
• Common European cuckoo having a distinctive two-note call; lays eggs in the nests of other birds.
  普通的能发出两个不同音节杜鹃；在其它鸟的巢中生蛋。
• Out from the forest came the voice of the cuckoo.
  从树林里传来了杜鹃的叫声。
• Gowk is another name for a cuckoo bird.
  “杜鹃鸟”是“布谷鸟”的另一种叫法。
• 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。
• Where there was the cuckoo, there is the railway car;
  从前有子规的地方，今天有了火车；
• In England the cuckoo is a herald of spring.
  在英国杜鹃鸟是春天的预告。