英语词汇“coot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

coot

/kuːt

noun

1 (plural same) An aquatic bird of the rail family, with blackish plumage, lobed feet, and a bill that extends back on to the forehead as a horny shield.

Genus Fulica, family Rallidae: several species, in particular the widespread F. atra, which has a white bill and frontal shield.

Other birds I saw near the pond were coot, moorhen, purple swamphen and a few Gray Wagtails walking around near the water....

Of course, native birds such as the American coot, mallard, and Brewer's blackbird also used this valuable oasis.
There are the usual species for this wetland habitat mallard, tufted duck, coot, wigeon, teal and mute swan.

2 (usually old coot) informal A stupid or eccentric person, typically an old man.I object to all preachy busybodies, including young coots like Roberts....

That's why it's simply not wise for coots like me to look in a mirror.
That's right, it was the CD release party for those lovable coots, The Scurvy Pirates.

Origin

Middle English: probably of Dutch or Low German origin and related to Dutch koet.

单词	coot
释义	coot /kuːt / noun 1 (plural same) An aquatic bird of the rail family, with blackish plumage, lobed feet, and a bill that extends back on to the forehead as a horny shield. Genus Fulica, family Rallidae: several species, in particular the widespread F. atra, which has a white bill and frontal shield. Other birds I saw near the pond were coot, moorhen, purple swamphen and a few Gray Wagtails walking around near the water.... Of course, native birds such as the American coot, mallard, and Brewer's blackbird also used this valuable oasis. There are the usual species for this wetland habitat mallard, tufted duck, coot, wigeon, teal and mute swan. 2 (usually old coot) informal A stupid or eccentric person, typically an old man.I object to all preachy busybodies, including young coots like Roberts.... That's why it's simply not wise for coots like me to look in a mirror. That's right, it was the CD release party for those lovable coots, The Scurvy Pirates. Origin Middle English: probably of Dutch or Low German origin and related to Dutch koet. Rhymes acute, argute, astute, beaut, Beirut, boot, bruit, brut, brute, Bute, butte, Canute, cheroot, chute, commute, compute, confute, cute, depute, dilute, dispute, flute, galoot, hoot, impute, jute, loot, lute, minute, moot, newt, outshoot, permute, pollute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, route, salute, Salyut, scoot, shoot, Shute, sloot, snoot, subacute, suit, telecommute, Tonton Macoute, toot, transmute, undershoot, uproot, Ute, volute
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