coot

FREQ #29082

n. 白骨顶(鸟), 笨人, 傻瓜

发音

AU /kuːt/

词形变化

coots 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.

    骨顶鸡

  2. 2.

    A foolish or eccentric fellow

    英国 非正式

    A silly coot

    An old coot

    A rich coot

  3. 1.

    Body louse (Pediculus humanus).

    俚语

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

rail

下位词 4

American coot marsh hen mudhen waterhen

整体词 1

covert

相关短语

bald as a coot sea coot queer as a coot giant coot American coot [网络] 美洲白冠鸡；美洲瓣蹼鸡；美洲骨顶鸡 Eurasian coot red-knobbed coot red-gartered coot white-winged coot horned coot Hawaiian coot Caribbean coot red-fronted coot Andean coot

词源

From Middle English cote, coote, cute, cuytt (“coot”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word, or borrowed from Middle Dutch coet, cuut, kuut (“coot”) (whence modern Dutch koet and meerkoet (“coot”)). Possibly related to Middle High German kūz, kūze (modern German Kauz (“owl”)), Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”) (whence English kite), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kūts (“bird of prey”). See kite.

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