coot
noun[C]
uk/kuːt/us/kuːt/cootnoun[C](BIRD)
asmall,darkbirdthatlivesnearriversandlakes
白骨顶(一种生活在水边的黑色小水鸟)Raimund Linke/Radius Images/GettyImages
Birds which live by or on inland water
- bittern
- corncrake
- crane
- cygnet
- egret
- flamingo
- grebe
- heron
- ibis
- kingfisher
- moorhen
- mute swan
- pelican
- pen
- snipe
- stork
- swan
- wader
- water bird
- waterfowl
cootnoun[C](PERSON)
USinformal
anoldman who has anunusualorslightlycrazyway ofbehaving:
(尤指笨的)人,家伙Let theoldcootsleep- he's not going tohelpusanyway.让这个老糊涂虫睡吧——他帮不上我们什么忙了。
People in general
- beggar
- bird
- bod
- body
- devil
- fellow man/men
- figure
- folk
- guy
- loiterer
- lubber
- mankind
- party
- peeps
- person
- person of interest
- rogue
- sod
- stiff
- vessel