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) an offensive word for a person who has strange ideas or who behaves in a strange way
对有奇怪想法或行为方式奇怪的人的冒犯性词语
Word Originsense 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.