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loon

英 [luːn]

美 [luːn]

n.  潜鸟(北美食鱼大鸟,叫声似笑)

复数:loons 现在分词:looning 

GRE

BNC.33736 / COCA.17823

牛津词典

    noun

    • 潜鸟(北美食鱼大鸟,叫声似笑)
      a large N American bird that eats fish and has a cry like a laugh
      1. 潜鸟(北美食鱼大鸟,叫声似笑)
        a large N American bird that eats fish and has a cry like a laugh

        英英释义

        noun

        • large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back
            Synonym:diver
          1. a worthless lazy fellow
            1. a person with confused ideas
                Synonym:addle-headaddleheadbirdbrain

              双语例句

              • In the fall the loon ( Colymbus glacialis) came, as usual, to moult and bathe in the pond, making the woods ring with his wild laughter before I had risen.
                秋天里,潜水鸟(Colymbusglaclalis)像往常一样来了,在湖里脱毛并且洗澡,我还没有起身,森林里已响起了它的狂放的笑声。
              • A more serious charge against van Loon was the sloppiness of his scholarship.
                对房龙的一项更严肃的指控是他在学问上的马虎。
              • Research in the flow characteristics and energy consumption of air jet loon's main nozzle
                喷气织机主喷嘴气流特性及能耗的研究
              • The history of man is the record of a hungry creature in search of food.& Van Loon, The Story of Mankind.
                历史是经验的巨塔。岁月在无限的往昔旷野中,建立此一巨塔。&房龙《人类的故事》。
              • In failing health, van Loon did not attend all souls after he appeared in the pulpit the Sunday he joined.
                因为健康状况变得糟糕,房龙没有参加万灵教会的活动,只在加入教会的那个礼拜天出现在讲道坛上。
              • Although he admitted to an occasional chat with god, whom he pictured as "a sort of beneficent grandfather," van Loon generally had little patience for myths.
                上帝被他描述为“类似于仁慈祖父”的样子,而且他承认偶尔会与这个上帝交谈,但一般而言他对神话没什么耐性。
              • Van Loon did not shy away from controversial statements.
                房龙并不回避富有争议的言论。
              • Three Dramatic Documents Discovered by British Sinologist& Pier van der Loon
                英国汉学家龙彼得发现的三种戏曲文献
              • Everyone thought he was a loon.
                每个人都骂他神经。
              • Van Loon defied his doctor's caution against overwork in order to chair a division of the National War Fund.
                为了在国家战争基金会的一个部门担任主席,房龙没有理会他的医生对他过度工作的警告。