| 单词 | cockeye bob |
| 释义 | > as lemmascockeye Bob cockeye Bob n. Australian (chiefly in Western Australia and Northern Territory) a cyclone or thunderstorm, esp. one which is sudden and violent, but short-lived; = cockeyed Bob n. at cockeyed adj. and adv. Compounds.Sometimes shortened to cockeye (see sense A. 2). [An early suggestion that this expression reflects a borrowing < an Australian Aboriginal language cannot be substantiated.] ΚΠ 1884 Victorian Express (Geraldton, W. Austral.) 13 Feb. Our picturesque little town [sc. Roebourne] was for some two hours merged in a monstrous ‘cock eye bob’, to use a common aboriginal colloquialism. 1937 I. L. Idriess Forty Fathoms Deep viii. 73 Almost daily the sky blackened as cock-eye bobs shrieked upon them, to lash them in sheets of rain. 1978 M. Douglas Follow Sun 11 An early ‘cock-eye-bob’ or cyclone could sink us or put us on a reef. 2009 West Australian (Perth) 22 May 47/1 The toilet at Melita in the Eastern Goldfields was blown away by a cockeye bob. < as lemmas |
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