cockatoo
/ˌkɒkəˈtuː/noun
1
- a parrot with an erectile crest, found in Australia, eastern Indonesia, and neighbouring islands凤头鹦鹉。
1.1
- Family Cacatuidae (or Psittacidae): several genera and numerous species, e.g. the sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita).凤头鹦鹉科（或鹦鹉鸟科）, 数属, 众多种, 如葵花鹦鹉（拉丁名Cacatua galerita）。
2
- Austral./NZ informal a small farmer〈澳/新西兰, 非正式〉小农场主。
- ORIGIN: mid 19th cent.: originally with reference to tenant farmers brought from Sydney and settled in the Port Fairy district, from the name of Cockatoo Island (a former prison for convicts) in Sydney Harbour.
3
- Austral./NZ informal a lookout posted by those engaged in illegal activity〈澳/新西兰, 非正式〉望风者, 望风的人。
- ORIGIN: late 19th cent.: by association with the characteristic wariness of a cockatoo.
词源
mid 17th cent.: from Dutch kaketoe, from Malay kakatua, the spelling influenced by COCK1. Senses 2 and 3 date from the 19th cent.