CUCKOO
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Example

At dawn, a cuckoo called from the woods behind us.

黎明时,一只布谷鸟在我们身后林中鸣叫。

Definition

A bird of the family Cuculidae, noted for brood parasitism

  • Especially the common cuckoo with a two-note call

杜鹃科的鸟类,因巢寄生而闻名

  • 尤指布谷鸟,叫声为两段音

The characteristic two-note call of that bird

该鸟特有的两段式叫声

The small bird figure that pops from a cuckoo clock

  • By extension, a cuckoo clock

布谷钟中弹出的鸟形小偶

  • 引申:布谷钟本身

A person who installs themselves where they do not belong

比喻不该在场却占据位置的人

A crazy or foolish person

疯子;古怪的人

To make the call of a cuckoo

  • To repeat something incessantly
  • To take over a vulnerable person’s home for criminal use (UK)

发出布谷鸟的叫声

  • 不住地重复某事
  • 为从事犯罪而霸占弱者住房(尤指英国)

Crazy; not sane

疯的;不理智的