coot
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 白骨顶(鸟)，笨人，傻瓜
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演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English cote, coote, cute, cuytt (“coot”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word, or borrowed from Middle Dutch coet, cuut, kuut (“coot”) (whence modern Dutch koet and meerkoet (“coot”)). Possibly related to Middle High German kūz, kūze (modern German Kauz (“owl”)), Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”) (whence English kite), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *kūt (“bird of prey”). See kite.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
- (UK, colloquial) A foolish or eccentric fellow
词族
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词源说明
Compare cootie.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (slang) Body louse (Pediculus humanus).