cooee

n. 喂(澳洲土人的招呼声) v. 作喂和尖锐的呼喊声

发音

AU /ˈkuːʷiː/

词形变化

cooees 复数 cooees cooeed cooeeing cooees 三单 cooeeing 现在分词 cooeed 过去式 cooeed 过去分词

别名

cooey coo-ee couis

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush.

    澳大利亚 非正式

    2006, Saskia Beudel, Walking: West MacDonnell Ranges 2002, in Drusilla Modjeska, The Best Australian Essays 2006, page 309, Just as I was preparing to write in my exercise book, I heard a cooee. Cooees were not part of the code.

  2. 2.

    A short distance; hailing distance.

    澳大利亚 比喻 非正式
v.
  1. 1.

    To make such a call.

    澳大利亚 非正式 不及物

    2006, Saskia Beudel, Walking: West MacDonnell Ranges 2002, in Drusilla Modjeska, The Best Australian Essays 2006, page 310, I cooeed back. Another cooee came in what seemed to be a reply. I cooeed again.

interj.
  1. 1.

    Used to attract someone's attention.

    澳大利亚 英国 非正式

    Cooee! I'm over here!

    2001, June E. Barker, First Platypus, Gaygar—The Little Mother Duck, in Helen F. McKay (editor), Pauline E. McLeod, Francis Firebrace Jones, June E. Barker, Gadi Mirrabooka: Australian Aboriginal Tales from the Dreaming, page 58, Gaygar could hear her people cooee out to her, "COOEE, GAYGAR! COOEE, GAYGAR!" they would cry.

词源

Borrowed from Dharug guuu-wi, adopted into English by white settlers in Australia from 1790.

来源：wiktionary