cuckooing

n. 杜鹃鸟, 布谷鸟

词形变化

cuckooings 复数 cuckooings

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The call of a cuckoo.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A form of crime in which the home of a vulnerable person is taken over by a criminal gang and used as a base for their activities.

    英国 可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of cuckoo

词源

The UK sense is by analogy from the bird's practice of brood parasitism.

来源:wiktionary