loon
noun /luːn/
/luːn/
- a large North American bird that eats fish and makes a noise like a laugh
Topics Birdsc2潜鸟(北美食鱼大鸟,叫声似笑声) - (also loony)(informal, offensive) a person who has strange ideas or who behaves in a strange way
狂人;疯子;怪人 - That guy’s a real loon.
那家伙是个真正的疯子。
- That guy’s a real loon.
词源sense 2 late 19th cent.: from loon (referring to the bird's actions when escaping from danger), perhaps influenced by loony.sense 1 mid 17th cent.: probably by alteration of Shetland dialect loom, denoting especially a guillemot or a diver, from Old Norse.