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单词 settler's clock
释义

settler's clock

noun Australian
Another term for kookaburra. the noise woke me and, when I inquired, I was told that it was the settler’s clock...
  • It was the loud and discordant noise of the settler's clock, as the bird is called.
  • He was awakened just before dawn by the settler's clock.
  • The 'settler's clock' was the white man's name for the kookaburra.

Origin

Early 19th century: from the bird's loud and discordant dawn chorus.

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