释义 |
ˈhumˌbuzz dial. [f. hum v. + buzz v.] 1. A local name of the cockchafer.
1756W. Toldervy Two Orphans I. 124 What are there called humbuzes, by the Londoners cock-chafers. c1820Mrs. Sherwood May-bee 13 William had caught another may-bee, or cockchafer, or humbuzz (for so that insect is called in different places). 2. A thin piece of wood with a notched edge which is swung round rapidly by a string, and emits a loud humming sound, like the flight of a cockchafer; a bull-roarer.
1847–78in Halliwell. |