cuckoo

guguk kuşu

Bilinen iki notalı ötüşü olan, birçok türü yumurtalarını başka kuşların yuvalarına bırakan kuş.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A bird with a familiar two-note call; many types lay their eggs in other birds’ nests.

• I heard a cuckoo this morning.
• A cuckoo laid an egg in that nest.
• Cuckoos return to these woods each spring.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: cuckoo call, cuckoo egg, hear a cuckoo

guguk figürü

Saat başını bildirmek için saatin içinden dışarı çıkan küçük kuş figürü.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A small bird figure that comes out of a clock when it announces the hour.

• The cuckoo popped out at noon.
• The clock’s wooden cuckoo had a broken wing.
• She watched the little cuckoo disappear behind its door.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: wooden cuckoo, clock’s cuckoo, carved cuckoo

guguk sesi

Guguk kuşunun çıkardığı iki notalı ötüş.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: The two-note sound made by a bird of this name.

• A cuckoo echoed through the woods.
• We heard a soft cuckoo from the trees.
• Her imitation of the cuckoo made us laugh.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: distant cuckoo, soft cuckoo, repeated cuckoo

guguklu saat

Saat başlarını kuş sesiyle ve genellikle hareketli küçük bir kuş figürüyle bildiren saat.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A clock that announces the hour with a bird sound and usually a small moving bird figure.

• The cuckoo struck twelve.
• We hung an old cuckoo in the kitchen.
• Have you wound the cuckoo today?

Eş anlamlılar: cuckoo clock

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: antique cuckoo, wooden cuckoo, wind the cuckoo

kaçık, deli

Davranışları veya düşünceleri tuhaf ya da mantıksız görünen.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Behaving or thinking in a way that seems strange or unreasonable.

• That idea is completely cuckoo.
• I thought I was going cuckoo.
• You must be cuckoo to swim in this weather.

Nasıl kullanılır: go cuckoo (I’ll go cuckoo if that alarm keeps ringing.)

Eş anlamlılar: crazy, mad, nuts

Zıt anlamlılar: sane

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: go cuckoo, completely cuckoo, a little cuckoo

guguk diye ötmek

Guguk kuşuna özgü iki notalı sesi çıkarmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To make the two-note call associated with a particular bird.

• The bird cuckooed in the trees.
• Our old clock cuckoos every hour.
• We heard a bird cuckooing beyond the garden.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: cuckoo softly, cuckoo from trees, cuckoo all morning

durmadan tekrarlamak

Aynı şeyi tekrar tekrar söylemek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To say the same thing again and again.

• He cuckooed the same phrase again.
• The speakers kept cuckooing their party’s slogan.
• She cuckoos whatever her friends say.

Eş anlamlılar: parrot, repeat

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: cuckoo a phrase, cuckoo the slogan, cuckoo endlessly

suç için evini ele geçirmek

Kendini korumakta zorlanan birinin evini ele geçirip gizlice örgütlü suç faaliyetlerinde kullanmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To take control of a vulnerable person’s home and secretly use it for organized crime.

• The gang cuckooed his flat.
• Dealers were cuckooing homes to store stolen goods.
• Police warned that criminals might cuckoo vulnerable residents.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: cuckoo someone’s home, cuckoo a flat, cuckoo vulnerable people