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单词 gulls
释义

gull1 /gul/

noun

A common large or medium-sized seabird of the family Laridae, esp of the genus Larus, with grey, white and black plumage

ORIGIN: Prob Welsh gwylan

gullˈery noun

A place where gulls breed

gullˈ-wing adjective

  1. (of a car door) opening upwards
  2. (of an aircraft wing) having an upward-sloping short inner section and a long horizontal outer section

gull2 /gul/ (dialect; Shakespeare)

noun

An unfledged bird

ORIGIN: Perh ON gulr yellow

gull3 /gul/

noun
  1. A dupe or fool
  2. An easily duped person
  3. A hoax (obsolete)
transitive verb

To dupe, deceive, cheat, hoax

ORIGIN: Perh from gull1 or gull2

gullˈer noun

gullˈery noun (archaic)

Deception

gullibilˈity noun

gullˈible adjective

Easily deceived or tricked, credulous (also (archaic) gullˈable)

gullˈish adjective

  1. Simple
  2. Like a gull

gullˈ-catcher noun (Shakespeare)

A cheat

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