be a cuckoo
用于描述愚蠢的人，非正式且带贬义。
He is a cuckoo.
他是个笨蛋。
布谷鸟的叫声；咕咕声；傻瓜；笨蛋；蠢货；布谷鸟钟里的鸟形装饰；布谷鸟钟；不速之客；鹊巢鸠占者
A bird of the family Cuculidae, especially the common cuckoo, known for laying its eggs in other birds' nests.
杜鹃鸟,尤其是布谷鸟
Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.
一个愚蠢无能的男人
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
布谷鸟的叫声
The sound of that particular bird.
许多欧洲和北美鸟类,具有尖翅和长尾
any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
布谷鸟钟中的鸟形装饰
The bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks.
布谷鸟钟
The cuckoo clock itself.
不该在某地的人,尤指“巢中的布谷鸟”
A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).
Don't listen to that cuckoo; he has no idea what he's talking about.
别听那个傻瓜的；他根本不知道自己在说什么。
用法提示：cuckoo 作名词，俚语中指愚蠢的人。
The boss thinks I'm a cuckoo for suggesting a new approach.
老板认为我建议新方法是傻瓜。
用法提示：cuckoo 作名词，在句中作表语，表示傻瓜。
Those cuckoos in the meeting kept interrupting with irrelevant questions.
会议上的那些傻瓜不断地用无关的问题打断。
用法提示：cuckoos 为 cuckoo 的复数形式，指多个傻瓜。
用于描述愚蠢的人，非正式且带贬义。
He is a cuckoo.
他是个笨蛋。
'call someone a cuckoo' 是冒犯性说法，应避免用于正式场合。
Don't call her a cuckoo.
别叫她笨蛋。
表达主观看法，同样具有侮辱性。
They think he is a cuckoo.
他们认为他是个笨蛋。
最通用，但语体中性；cuckoo更口语化且带怪癖意味
强烈贬义，比cuckoo更具攻击性
侧重愚笨天真，cuckoo更强调无能
较陈旧，程度与cuckoo相当
特指学习能力差，cuckoo更泛指
grammar · medium
易错句子He is cuckoo.
正确表达He is a cuckoo.
cuckoo 在此义项中是名词，表示'傻瓜'，不能直接作表语形容词；必须加冠词 'a' 用作名词短语。
grammar · medium
易错句子He cuckooed all day.
正确表达He was a cuckoo all day.
当表示'他是个傻瓜'时，应使用名词结构 'be a cuckoo'，而非动词形式，因为动词 cuckoo 另有含义。
cuckoo 强调愚蠢无能，而 kook 强调古怪疯狂。
布谷鸟钟
The cuckoo clock chimed at noon.
布谷鸟钟在中午报时。
杜鹃的叫声
We heard the cuckoo's call in the forest.
我们在森林里听到了杜鹃的叫声。
杜鹃鸟
The cuckoo bird is known for laying its eggs in other birds' nests.
杜鹃鸟以将蛋产在其他鸟的巢中而闻名。
杜鹃蛋
The cuckoo's egg was found in a robin's nest.
在知更鸟的巢中发现了一枚杜鹃蛋。
听到杜鹃叫
I heard a cuckoo while walking in the woods.
我在树林里散步时听到了一只杜鹃在叫。
杜鹃迁徙
Cuckoo migration patterns are studied by ornithologists.
鸟类学家研究杜鹃的迁徙模式。
家中的不速之客；闯入者
The new manager is a cuckoo in the nest, always changing things without consulting anyone.
新经理是个不速之客，总是不和任何人商量就改变一切。
不切实际的幻想世界
The politician's promises are from cloud cuckoo land; they can never be realized.
那位政客的承诺来自不切实际的幻想世界，永远无法实现。
我为可可泡芙疯狂！
He's completely cuckoo for that new video game.
他对那款新电子游戏完全疯狂了。
飞越疯人院
The film 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is a classic.
电影《飞越疯人院》是一部经典之作。
发长 /uː/ 音 (如 food, boot)
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