单词 | jubjub |
释义 | jubjubn. An imaginary bird of a ferocious, desperate and occasionally charitable nature, noted for its excellence when cooked. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > types of mythical bird pelicanOE tiger1481 Stymphalid1560 roc1579 mamuque?1590 firebird1601 sunbird1616 ganzaa1633 cocklicrane1653 white bird1697 wakon-bird1778 simurgh1786 thunder-birda1827 huma1841 oozlum bird1858 lightning bird1870 jubjub1871 ho-ho bird1901 storm-bird1913 1871 ‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-glass i. 22 Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch! 1876 ‘L. Carroll’ Hunting of Snark iv. 44 Should we meet with a Jubjub, that desperate bird, We shall need all our strength for the job! 1876 ‘L. Carroll’ Hunting of Snark v. 58 The song of the Jubjub recurred to their minds, And cemented their friendship for ever! 1962 M. Gardner in ‘L. Carroll’ Annotated Snark 104 Their common fear of the Jubjub Bird is interesting. Philologically..Jubjub is a ‘portmanteau bird’, compounded of jabber and jujube... It flashed across me that the Jubjub was Society itself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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