mulga wire

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmʌlɡə ˌwaɪə/    美 /ˈmʌlɡə ˌwaɪ(ə)ɹ/|/ˈmɐlɡə ˌwaɪə/|[-ˌwɑeə]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An informal gossip network, especially in a rural area such as the outback; also, a component in the network (either a person or an imagined wire). Australia,New-Zealand,countable,uncountable
    — There is a really good sketch of Micky, the lonely boundary rider, whose wonderful stock of news comes by "the mulga wires," who is full of scandal about the squatter's rams, and is "follered" by a phantom hut of leopard-wood slabs.
  2. A message or story transmitted through such an informal network, especially one containing false information. Australia,New-Zealand,countable,uncountable
    — Tom had been been out early, or had got what we call a bush telegraphy or mulga wire, for when they reached the Four Lanes he said—[…]
  3. A system for long-distance communication used by Aboriginal Australians, chiefly using smoke signals; also, a message or signal sent using such a system. Australia,countable,historical,uncountable

词形变化

mulga wires plural

词源

From mulga (“any of a number of small acacia trees, especially Acacia aneura, forming dense scrub in dry inland areas of Australia; (by extension) the outback”) + wire (“telecommunication wire or cable”), possibly modelled after bush telegraph.
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