喜樂美語

這個拼法是2個不同的字· 2 words spelled “loon”

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    loon · diving lake bird潛鳥One way to hold this one: a dark lake at night, and a long high cry travelling right across the water from a…
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    loon · silly or crazy person怪咖；瘋瘋癲癲的人A different word that happens to be spelled the same.
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loon · diving lake bird

noun

One way to hold this one: a dark lake at night, and a long high cry travelling right across the water from a bird you cannot see. In daylight the same bird sits low on the surface, drops under without a splash, and comes up somewhere else entirely.

可以想成一座夜裡的湖：看不到鳥，只有一聲又高又長的叫聲橫過水面傳過來。白天同一隻鳥低低地浮在水上，忽然沒聲沒響地沉下去，再冒出來已經在很遠的地方。這個字的畫面就停在這裡：聲音和潛水。

From the word’s history

Of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse lomr (loon), itself imitative of the bird's cry, especially when it is in danger.

來自北歐語系，源頭是古諾斯語 lómr（潛鳥），這個字本身在模仿那隻鳥的叫聲，尤其是牠遇到危險時發出的聲音。

Wiktionary, "loon" (etymology 2)

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loon · silly or crazy person

noun

A different word that happens to be spelled the same. One way to hold it: the person in the group who does the thing nobody else would do, and the others shake their heads and laugh. Whether that laugh is warm or cold is what decides how the word lands.

這是另一個剛好拼法一樣的字。可以想成一群人裡面那個做了別人不會做的事的人，其他人一邊搖頭一邊笑。那個笑是暖的還是冷的，決定了這個字聽起來是親近還是難聽。

From the word’s history

From Middle English louen, lowen (rascal, rogue), probably of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin; compare modern Dutch loen (simpleton). Folk etymology links it to lunatic, which may have influenced its use but is not its source.

來自中古英語 louen、lowen（無賴、壞蛋），可能出自中古荷蘭語或中古低地德語，可以對照今天荷蘭語的 loen（傻瓜）。民間常把它跟 lunatic 連在一起，lunatic 可能影響過它的用法，但不是它的來源。

Wiktionary, "loon" (etymology 1)

loons

意思相近

diver

用法接近

grebeduckcormorantwaterbird

loons

意思相反

sensible person

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Loonname

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    A municipality of Bohol, Philippines.

loonnoun詞源 1/ˈluːn/

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    slangA crazy or deranged person; a lunatic.

    • An electric fire came next, followed by an umbrella and then a colander. "This bowl will carry no water," he muttered. "Some loon hath pierced it with holes."
    • What's it like to be a loon? / I liken it to a balloon
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    obsoleteAn idler, a lout.

    • The diuell damne thee blacke, thou cream-fac'd Loone: Where got'ſt thou that Gooſe-looke.
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    A boy, a lad.

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    A harlot; mistress.

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    A simpleton.

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    historicalAn English soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland.

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    engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA round area of pavement that protrudes from one side of a road to accommodate turning vehicles with a wide turning circle.

loonnoun詞源 2/ˈluːn/

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    Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.

    • The Loone is an ill ſhap'd thing like a Cormorant; but that he can neyther goe nor flye; he maketh a noiſe ſometimes like a Sovvgelders horne.
    • [O]h, yes! the loon does shriek dreadfully - particularly when there's fine rain […]

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摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。