gull
gull 英 [gʌl] 美 [ɡʌl]
n. [鸟] 鸥；笨人；易受骗之人 vt. 骗；欺诈
进行时:gulling 过去式:gulled 过去分词:gulled 第三人称单数:gulls 名词复数:gulls
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- n. [鸟] 鸥；笨人；易受骗之人
- vt. 骗；欺诈
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1. The man tried to gull the old woman out of her money.
那人试图骗取老妇的钱财。
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2. The government tries to gull the taxpayers into believing that their money is being properly spent.
政府试图哄骗纳税人使他们相信他们的钱没有乱花。
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3. You have to practice and see the real gull, the good in every one of them, and to help them see it in themselves.
你应该通过练习去认识真正的海鸥，要看到每只海鸥的美德，并帮助他们去认识自己的美德。
- gull (n.1) shore bird, early 15c. (in a cook book), probably from Brythonic Celtic; compare Welsh gwylan "gull," Cornish guilan, Breton goelann; all from Old Celtic *voilenno-. Replaced Old English mæw (see mew (n.1)).
- gull (n.2) cant term for "dupe, sucker, credulous person," 1590s, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from verb meaning "to dupe, cheat" (see gull (v.)). Or it is perhaps from (or influenced by) the bird name (see gull (n.1)); in either case with a sense of "someone who will swallow anything thrown at him." Another possibility is Middle English gull, goll "newly hatched bird" (late 14c.), which is perhaps from Old Norse golr "yellow," from the hue of its down.
- gull (v.) "to dupe, cheat, mislead by deception," 1540s, earlier "to swallow" (1520s), ultimately from gull "throat, gullet" (early 15c.); see gullet. Related: Gulled; gulling.
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