gowk

n. 杜鹃鸟, 呆子

发音

其它 /ɡaʊk/

词形变化

gowks 复数 gowks 三单 gowking 现在分词 gowked 过去式 gowked 过去分词

别名

goke goak gauk gouk geak cowk

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cuckoo.

    苏格兰
  2. 2.

    A fool.

  3. 1.

    An apple core.

  4. 2.

    The central part of any thing; pith; core.

    废旧
  5. 3.

    The hard centre of a boil or sore.

    方言
  6. 4.

    The yolk of an egg.

    方言
  7. 5.

    The inner part of a haystack.

    方言
v.
  1. 1.

    To make foolish; to stupefy.

  2. 1.

    To retch; vomit.

    方言

相关短语

hunt the gowk hunts the gowk hunting the gowk hunted the gowk

词源

From Middle English goke, gowke, from Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰegʰuǵʰ- (“cuckoo”).

来源：wiktionary