| 释义 |
kokkewiet S. Afr.|kɒkəˈviːt|
Also cock-o-veet, kook-a-vic.
[Afrikaans, echoic.]
= bokmakierie.
1896E. Clairmonte Africander vii. 126 The kook-a-vic was piping his shrill note in a bush hard by. ‘Kook-a-vic, kook-a-vic, kook-a-vic.’ 1926O. Schreiner From Man to Man 49 A cock-o-veet came flying up to her. Ibid., Kokkewiet: The Bush-shrike, a very handsome bird with resonant call notes of great beauty. 1936E. L. Gill First Guide S. Afr. Birds 49 Bokmakierie, Bacbakiri, Kokkewiet... The calls are duets by the inseparable pair. 1970Standard Encycl. S. Afr. II. 401/1 Bokmakierie..is sometimes locally referred to as bakbakiri, kokkewiet, janpierewiet or bush-shrike. |