“joey”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

joey

释义

joey²|ˈdʒəʊɪ|
[Native Austral. joè: see quot. 1839.]
A young kangaroo; also gen. a young animal or child. See also quot. 1887.
1839W. H. Leigh Reconnoit. Voy. S. Austral. 93–4 (Morris) Here [in Kangaroo Island] is also the wallaba... The young of the animal is called by the islanders a joè.1845Moore Tasman. Rhymings (1860) 15 He was a ‘joey’ which, in truth, Means nothing more than that the youth Who claims a Kangaroo descent Is by that nomenclature meant.1866Cornhill Mag. Dec. 762 Large flocks of kangaroo..the larger males..towered above the flying bucks, flying does and joeys, the half-grown bucks, does, and young ones.1887All Year Round 30 July (Farmer), Joey..is applied indifferently to a puppy, or a kitten, or a child, while a wood-and-water-joey is a hanger about hotels, and a doer of odd jobs.

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