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单词 cooee
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
coo•ee  (ko̅o̅ē),USA pronunciation n., v., coo•eed, coo•ee•ing. 
n. 
  1. a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.

v.i. 
  1. to utter the call "cooee.''
  • Dharuk gu-wī
  • 1780–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cooee, cooey /ˈkuːiː/ interj
  1. a call used to attract attention, esp (originally) a long loud high-pitched call on two notes used in the Australian bush
vb (cooees, cooeeing, cooeed, cooeys, cooeying, cooeyed)
  1. (intransitive) to utter this call
n
  1. Austral NZ informal calling distance (esp in the phrase within (a) cooee (of))
Etymology: 19th Century: from a native Australian language
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