| 单词 |
kookaburra |
| 释义 |
‖ kookaburra|ˈkʊkəbʌrə|
[Native Australian: given as kūkūburra by Ridley Kámilarói, p. 21.]
A large, arboreal, brown kingfisher, Dacelo novæ-guineæ, distinguished by its peculiar laughing cry; formerly called the goburra and also called the laughing jackass.
1890Argus (Melbourne) 25 Oct. 4/5 You might hear the last hoot of the kookaburra then. 1899Westm. Gaz. 10 Apr. 8/1 Offers of Australian animals and birds from emus to kookaburras. 1906Ibid. 13 Oct. 16/3 Just before the hour of sunrise the echoes of the Australian bush are awakened by the extraordinary cackling laughter of the great brown kingfisher, or kookaburra, as the aboriginals call it. 1934Bulletin (Sydney) 3 Jan. 31/3 An assembly of kookaburras in the trees close at hand burst into a chorus of derisive laughter. 1936F. Clune Roaming round Darling ii. 13 A kookaburra laughed sardonically as we passed the Assembly Hall. 1959Guardian 28 Nov. 5/2 The chortled comments of the kookaburra bird. 1966G. Durrell Two in Bush iv. 132 The first of these were three fat young Kookaburras, or Laughing Jackasses as these giant kingfishers are called in Australia. |
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