morepork

名词 n. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɔːpɔːk/    美 /ˈmɔːpɔːk/|/ˈmɔɹˌpɔ(ə)ɹk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The Tasmanian spotted owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae), a small brown owl indigenous to New Zealand and Tasmania. New-Zealand
    — [T]he eye of the Morepork or Greater Night Jarr,^([sic]) which I lately had the opportunity of examining, is wonderfully adapted for enabling it to see the insects in the dark, on which it feeds.
  2. Used as a mild term of abuse.; A foolish person; also, a person who is wearisome. Australia,New-Zealand,colloquial,derogatory
    — It is interesting that the Opposition morepork is starting to chirp. [...] We have all heard about the "gang of four and a half"—the morepork brigade.
  3. Used as a mild term of abuse.; A person who is lazy or slow; a slowcoach, a slowpoke. Australia,New-Zealand,colloquial,derogatory
    — Where's that old morepoke? O, you're there, are you? Fetch the jack off o' your wagon—come! fly roun'! you're (very) slow for a young fellow.
感叹词 intj.
  1. The call of a morepork.
    — [T]he morepork, a species of caprimulgus, or goatsucker,^([sic]) keeps up all night the exact repetition of its own name, "Morepork! morepork!" It is a sound to me most expressive of a dreary loneliness and twilight distance that I ever heard.

词形变化

moreporks plural morepoke alternative morepoke alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
mopoke

词源

词源 1
The word is imitative of the bird's call.
词源 2
The word is imitative of the bird's call.
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