"loons" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 潛鳥
• 瘋子（俚語）

Definition

“Loons”是一種在北美和歐亞北部常見、以叫聲高亢著稱的水鳥。非正式時，也可指瘋子或古怪的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Loons”作為鳥類是中性描述。作為俚語含瘋子意味時多是戲謔或輕微貶義，並不冒犯，主要在北美常用。複數指多隻鳥或一羣奇怪的人。

Examples

There are many loons on the lake.

湖上有很多**潛鳥**。

Loons make a strange, haunting call at night.

**潛鳥**在夜間會發出詭異的叫聲。

The children watched the loons swim by the boat.

孩子們看著**潛鳥**從船旁遊過。

You never know what those loons next door will do.

你永遠不知道隔壁那些**瘋子**會做什麼。

Every summer, we listen for the loons as soon as we arrive at the cabin.

每年夏天我們一到小木屋就會聽**潛鳥**的叫聲。

Those two are total loons, but they make life interesting.

那兩個人真是**瘋子**，不過他們讓生活更有趣。