whewer

interj. [象声词]哎唷![表示惊讶、厌恶、恐惧等的感叹语]

发音

/hwjuːə/
/ʍjuːə/
/hwjuːɚ/
/ʍjuːɚ/

词形变化

whewers 复数 whewers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    whew duck, Eurasian wigeon, wigeon (Mareca penelope).

    英国 方言

    Peckards 3—broadbills 5—whewers 2

    Boscas, aliis Anas Fistularis … the Whewer, or Whistling Widgeon.

词源

Century, Wright's English Dialect Dictionary and the 1933 OED take it to be from whew (“(to make) a shrill whistling sound like the cry of a plover”) + -er, and early cites also call the bird the "whistling widgeon".

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