词汇 | cooee! |
释义 | cooee! used as a call to communicate whereabouts over distance. A direct borrowing of the call in the extinct Australian Aboriginal language Dharug, from the Sydney region. Adopted by the early white colonists, the call is used in the bush to mean both 'where are you?' and the answer 'I am here'. The 'coo' is drawn out and followed by a sharp, rising 'ee' AUSTRALIA, 1793 |
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