gull: [15] Gull is a Celtic contribution to English. It was probably borrowed from Welsh gwylan, which together with Cornish guilan, Breton gwelan, and Old Irish foilenn, goes back to a prehistoric Old Celtic *voilenno-. (The Old English word for ‘gull’ was mǣw, as in modern English sea mew.)
gull (n.1)
shore bird, early 15c. (in a cook book), probably from Brythonic Celtic; compare Welsh gwylan "gull," Cornish guilan, Breton goelann; all from Old Celtic *voilenno-. Replaced Old English mæw (see mew (n.1)).
gull (n.2)
cant term for "dupe, sucker, credulous person," 1590s, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from verb meaning "to dupe, cheat" (see gull (v.)). Or it is perhaps from (or influenced by) the bird name (see gull (n.1)); in either case with a sense of "someone who will swallow anything thrown at him." Another possibility is Middle English gull, goll "newly hatched bird" (late 14c.), which is perhaps from Old Norse golr "yellow," from the hue of its down.
gull (v.)
"to dupe, cheat, mislead by deception," 1540s, earlier "to swallow" (1520s), ultimately from gull "throat, gullet" (early 15c.); see gullet. Related: Gulled; gulling.
中文解释
谐音“嘎哦”-------模仿海鸥“嘎嘎的叫声”。
实用例句
1. Several other sub-species of gull are found in the region.
在该地区还发现了海鸥的其他亚种。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The gull held the fish in its beak.
海鸥嘴里叼着鱼。
来自《权威词典》
3. A lone sea gull flew across the sky.
一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. The ivory gull often follows polar bears to feed on the remains of seal kills.