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Gull English Celtic Welsh Cornish Guilan Breton Voilenno

正面 12532.gull
英 [gʌl]美 [ɡʌl]

背面
释义:
n. [鸟] 鸥;笨人;易受骗之人vt. 骗;欺诈n. (Gull)人名;(意、罗、瑞典)古尔;(英)格尔
例句:
1. Several other sub-species of gull are found in the region.在该地区还发现了海鸥的其他亚种。

谐音“嘎哦”-------模仿海鸥“嘎嘎的叫声”。
gull 海鸥来自凯尔特语。
gullgull: [15] Gull is a Celtic contribution to English. It was probably borrowed from Welsh gwylan, which together with Cornish guilan, Breton gwelan, and Old Irish foilenn, goes back to a prehistoric Old Celtic *voilenno-. (The Old English word for ‘gull’ was mǣw, as in modern English sea mew.)gull (n.1)shore bird, early 15c. (in a cook book), probably from Brythonic Celtic; compare Welsh gwylan "gull," Cornish guilan, Breton goelann; all from Old Celtic *voilenno-. Replaced Old English mæw (see mew (n.1)).gull (n.2)cant term for "dupe, sucker, credulous person," 1590s, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from verb meaning "to dupe, cheat" (see gull (v.)). Or it is perhaps from (or influenced by) the bird name (see gull (n.1)); in either case with a sense of "someone who will swallow anything thrown at him." Another possibility is Middle English gull, goll "newly hatched bird" (late 14c.), which is perhaps from Old Norse golr "yellow," from the hue of its down. gull (v.)"to dupe, cheat, mislead by deception," 1540s, earlier "to swallow" (1520s), ultimately from gull "throat, gullet" (early 15c.); see gullet. Related: Gulled; gulling."

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