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单词 jubjub
释义

jubjubn.

/ˈdʒʌbdʒʌb/
Etymology: Invented by ‘Lewis Carroll’ (C. L. Dodgson); perhaps a portmanteau word or formed after such representations of bird-cry as jug-jug (jug n.3).
An imaginary bird of a ferocious, desperate and occasionally charitable nature, noted for its excellence when cooked.
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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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