cockatoo

来自马来语，拟声词，模仿这种鸟的声音，拼写受cock影响俗化。

cockatoo

cockatoo: [17] Cockatoo was originally a Malay word, although it has changed somewhat under the influence of English cock. It comes via Dutch kaketoe from Malay kakatua, a compound formed from kakak ‘elder brother or sister’ and tua ‘old’. A related word is cockatiel ‘small Australian parrot’ [19]; it comes ultimately from Portuguese cacatilha, formed from Malay kakatua with the Portuguese diminutive suffix -ilha, and it reached English via Dutch kaketielje.

cockatoo (n.)

1610s, from Dutch kaketoe, from Malay kakatua, possibly echoic, or from kakak "elder brother or sister" + tua "old." Also cockatiel (1880), from Dutch diminutive kaketielje (1850), which is perhaps influenced by Portuguese. Spelling influenced by cock (n.1).

1. A cockatoo purchased for breeding should have a complete set of claws.

一只凤头鹦鹉从繁育者那里购买应该有一对完整的爪子.

2. Calcium Block: It's pointless to put a calcium block cockatoo cages.

钙制品: 把一些钙片放进凤头鹦鹉的笼子里这是毫无意义的.

3. Snowball the cockatoo just loves Backstreet Boys.

风头鹦鹉[雪球]酷爱[新好男孩].

4. It's best a companion domestic cockatoo no higher than the height of the shortest person.

同伴国内鹦鹉最好的居住处应不高于比它矮的人的高度.

5. The birds, a kind of cockatoo common in Australia, have distinctive pink and gray feathers.

这鸟, 是一种美冠鹦鹉通常在澳大利亚, 有独特的桃红色和灰色的羽状翼裂缝.