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gowk

/gouk, gohk/US // gaʊk, goʊk //UK // (ɡaʊk) //

叩头,磕头,叩门,锣鼓喧天

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : British Dialect. cuckoo.
    • : a fool or simpleton.

Examples

  • In France the party fooled is called un poisson d'avril, 'an April fish'; in Scotland, a 'gowk', or cuckoo.

  • Ye hinnae as muckle o' the Sicht as wad let ye see when Leevie was makin' a gowk o' ye to gar ye hang oot signals for her auld jo.

  • Just take yoursel' away, if ye please; for really ye're tormenting me—making a perfect gowk o' me, for neither end nor purpose.'

  • I would offer to do this myself, only I'm a great heavy gowk, and Haggis is no' much better.

  • It was no more an essay than a twig is a tree, for the gowk had stuck in the middle of his second page.