cooee

cooee
(informal)(非正式)
exclamation
  1. used to attract attention, especially at a distance
    (尤指远距离的)招呼声咕吚
    ‘Cooee!’ The call brought all three heads round.
    “喂!”叫声使三个人都回过头来。
noun
  1. such a call or cry
    招呼声;叫喊声
(cooees, cooeed, cooeeing)
  1. [no obj.]make such a call to attract attention
    (为引起注意而)叫喊
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within cooee
  1. (Austral./NZ)within reach; near
    (澳/新西兰)附近的;近处的
    there's loads of cheap accommodation within cooee of the airport.
    机场附近有许多便宜的住所。
语源
  1. late 18th cent.: imitative of a signal used by Australian Aboriginals and copied by settlers
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