| 单词 | cockeyed bob |
| 释义 | > as lemmascockeyed Bob cockeyed Bob n. Australian (chiefly in Western Australia and Northern Territory) a cyclone or thunderstorm, esp. one which is sudden and violent, but short-lived; cf. cockeye Bob n. at cockeye n.1 and adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1885 West Australian (Perth) 13 Apr. Last month we had a strong squall (‘Cockeyet [sic] Bob’) which lasted a few minutes and sent verandah lounges, empty boxes, and light vehicles rolling about. 1930 E. R. B. Gribble Forty Years with Aborigines xvii. 173 We had our first experience of a Cock-eyed Bob, or storm of wind, thunder, lightning, and rain. 1952 T. A. G. Hungerford in Coast to Coast 1951–2 13 The pearlers who anchored in the bay sometimes to escape the cockeyed-bobs that sprang up so suddenly along those desolate, treacherous coasts. 2010 Comment News (Perth, Austral.) (Nexis) 30 Mar. 6 Mr Thompson has experienced several cyclones in the North-West but described the winds as being a cock-eyed bob that came up suddenly. < as lemmas |
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